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I've added this to my currently reading books, but I don't actually think I'll finish it. I got half way in and it's due to be returned to the library. I am not sufficiently motivated to renew it. That said, my son read all three books and liked them
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“Whatever was said or done, I knew what I wanted; and that was to be a boy among the boys.”
― In the Castle of My Skin
― In the Castle of My Skin
“When the poor man loose control of the best in himself... it ain't his fault at all, it is the fault of people who go 'round making poppits of other poor people.”
― In the Castle of My Skin
― In the Castle of My Skin
“Privately, we cannot stand our lives and dare not examine them; domestically, we take no responsibility for (and no pride in) what goes on in our country; and internationally, for millions of people, we are an unmitigated disaster.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death — ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
Jacqueline’s 2025 Year in Books
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