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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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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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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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“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
SpecFic Buddy Reads
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We want to read fun stuff as a group and do lots of buddy reads on the side. And we like to chat a bit, too. Friends don't let friends read alone:) ...more
The Roundtable
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Welcome to the Roundtable Our passions include literary fiction, the classics, and serious non-fiction. In 2026 we are reading whatever we want to. ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Newest Literary Fiction
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Discover and share your discovery of the most recently published literary fiction. If you love reading novels before anyone else decides they are good ...more
FABClub (Female Authors Book Club)
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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
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