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Know your value and you know your place in the order. To escape the boundary of the plantation was to escape the fundamental principles of your existence: impossible.
“Too much money buys everything but health, so they have no dreams left to purchase, and no aspirations, so in the end they are only bored.”
― Petals on the Wind
― Petals on the Wind
“I thought I was stupid, too dumb for college. Of course, intelligence is as subjective as beauty. But I kept using “objective” standards, like test scores and report cards, to judge myself.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Racist ideas make people of color think less of themselves, which makes them more vulnerable to racist ideas. Racist ideas make White people think more of themselves, which further attracts them to racist ideas.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“And the way you find out how much they care is by looking into the eyes—eyes never learn how to lie.”
― Petals on the Wind
― Petals on the Wind
“It was an empowering thing, she thought, to be able to pick and choose what and whom she allowed in her life.”
― Divas of Damascus Road
― Divas of Damascus Road
Raven’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Raven’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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111 books
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437 books
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