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Amber’s Quotes

“When I wiped you from the book of memory, I did not know I was striking out half my life”
― Nizar Qabbani

tags: foolshness

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“All you need is a twenty in your pocket and a bus ticket.
All you need is someone on the other end of the map, thinking about the supple
curves of your body, to guide you to a home that stretches out for miles
and miles on end.”
― Shinji Moon, The Anatomy of Being

tags: lit, poetry, shinji-moon

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“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
― Warsan Shire

tags: beautiful, existence, feminism, self-esteem

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“you can't make homes out of human beings
someone should have already told you that”
― warsan shire

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“Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.”
― Nizar Qabbani

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Literary Fiction by People of Color — 12962 members — last activity 2 hours, 28 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

Great African Reads — 4147 members — last activity Dec 02, 2025 03:12AM
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more

The F-word — 5760 members — last activity Apr 15, 2025 09:52PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more

The Feminist Readers' Network — 1008 members — last activity Feb 05, 2023 06:50AM
A space for people interested in and supportive of feminism, feminist literature, and feminist theory.

Middle East/North African Lit — 2399 members — last activity Nov 15, 2025 06:32AM
Current banner photo : Gaza at Palestine #Land day https://altahrir.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/land-in-eastern-gaza-declared-a-disaster-zone-due-to-isr ...more

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