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“Working-class whites, the preeminent social economist Gunnar Myrdal wrote, “need the demarcations of caste more than upper class whites. They are the people likely to stress aggressively that no Negro can ever attain the status of even the lowest white.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“Amat is sitting in a corner, doing his very best imitation of an empty corner.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“It was the sudden memory of Jane Houlton in the waiting room that caused Olive to walk to the bed—the freedom of that ordinary banter, because Jack, in the doctor’s office, had needed her, had given her a place in the world.”
― Olive Kitteridge
― Olive Kitteridge
“As boys, we learn to betray our future wives by mastering the subtle ways our mothers can be broken by our petulance and disapproval. My own mother provided me with all the weaponry I will ever need to ruin the life of any woman foolish enough to love me.”
― Beach Music
― Beach Music
“I thought I could live as I wanted, long as I didn’t hurt nobody. But I’ve had time to think in here—and I worked it out. You don’t get to do that in Lee County, maybe not in the whole of Kentucky. Not if you’re a woman. You play by their rules or they . . . well, they squash you like a bug.”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
Paula’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paula’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
61 books
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26 friends
89 books
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6 friends
17 books
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10 friends
1 book
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96 friends
700 books
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39 friends
1,100 books
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68 friends
861 books
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36 friends
144 books
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15 friends
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