“I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.”
― A Tear and a Smile
― A Tear and a Smile
“And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”
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“Now I wish she'd never broken any of her rules. I understood why she held to them so hard. Once you broke the first one, they all broke, one by one, like firecrackers exploding in your face in a parking lot on the Fourth of July.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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Around the World in 80 Books
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EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club
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