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“To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

tags: humanity, people, relationships

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“They laugh at this, the idea that one might keep herds of friendly deer or elk that walk happily to their slaughter whenever it's time for the human to eat meat. Some ask openly if there aren't consequences of a life so easy to live.”
― Joseph Boyden, The Orenda

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“I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it...But there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.”
― Joseph Boyden, The Orenda

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“When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.”
― Lawrence Hill

tags: understanding-others

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“When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town below. Let them think my body is snowflakes, sticking in their hair and on their shoulders like dandruff.”
― Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce

tags: death, snow

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Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 85335 members — last activity 5 hours, 19 min ago
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

The GoodBook Club — 2087 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 02:59AM
Hello everyone, So we at Penguin Random House Canada have a conundrum. We're maxed out a 5000 friends and can't add anymore faces to our GoodReads f ...more

Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 171814 members — last activity 8 minutes ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

Amnesty International BookClub — 668 members — last activity Sep 03, 2024 07:24AM
The Amnesty International Book Club combines awareness and action. Every month, a guest reader will recommend a book about the human experience they b ...more