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“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“You fell off the tree of fucked-up-weird and slammed every branch on the way down.”
― Moonlight Falls
― Moonlight Falls
“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
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“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
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I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
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Roxanne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Roxanne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
409 books
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185 friends
192 books
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328 friends
702 books
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149 friends
666 books
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54 friends
785 books
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83 friends
269 books
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132 friends
421 books
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715 friends
246 books
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350 friends
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