

“Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and to work for it, and to fight for it. Hope is the belief that destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by the men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.”
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“Everyone, no matter her or his stage in life, has the right to feel beautiful.”
― Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour
― Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour

“I find comfort in feeling glamorous.”
― Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour
― Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour

“The stability we cannot find in the world we must create within our own persons.”
― The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
― The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

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

From modern day Adichie to classic day Achebe this group is dedicated to all fiction related to the continent of Africa.

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

Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more

We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
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