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She was letting me know that all of this—the little girls holding up the train of her gown, my morning jacket, even the ring in my pocket—was just a show. What was real was the dance of light in her eyes and the quick current of our blood.
“It all matters. How we live matters. Do we choose love or do we choose hate? Do we help or do we harm? Because there is no way to know the exact second your life changes forever. You can only begin to know that moment by looking in the rearview mirror. And trust me when I tell you when you never, ever see it coming.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“She closed her eyes as his full weight stretched over her. They fit together perfectly and as they clung together her woman's body felt that at last she had found the man's bones from which she'd been created, and she was overcome with desire to become one flesh.”
― Beach House Memories
― Beach House Memories
“Sometimes when you like where you end up, you don’t care how you got there.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”
― One Day in December
― One Day in December
“Despite the fairy-tale snowstorm out there, this isn’t Narnia. This is London, real life, where hearts get kicked and bruised and broken, but somehow they still keep beating.”
― One Day in December
― One Day in December
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Oprah's Book Club at Goodreads
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This is an unofficial group of Oprah's fans reading selections from the original book club and new books that she mentions on her website. We also rea ...more
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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
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A group created for those who love a great challenge. We'll read our way through various reading lists out there. Maybe it's a list of the best 100 no ...more
The Nobel Prize in Literature
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Ah, the Nobel Prize! The decision of a jury of aristocratic Swedes who, since 1901, have awarded the prize to seven of their countrymen and one of the ...more
Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
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