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Here’s a confusing thing: black people predate white people, but the label ‘black’ has only existed for as long as there have been white people around (even before these people called themselves white).
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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We read books written by female authors and then we talk about them. All gender identities are welcome to become members of this group. All book selec ...more
Viv’s 2025 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Book Club, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, feminism, women in translation, and german-literature
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