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James Baldwin
“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

Toni Morrison
“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”
Toni Morrison, Beloved

Cormac McCarthy
“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.”
Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Virginia Woolf
“Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.”
Virginia Woolf, Orlando

Arthur Miller
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.”
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism
tags: men

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361 books | 23 friends

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200 books | 3 friends

Alex
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Tyso Steer
21 books | 1 friend

Mackenzie
483 books | 38 friends

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