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“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“Lonely, ain't it?
Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.”
― Sula
Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.”
― Sula
“The more I wonder, the more I love.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“I definitely wasn’t cold. I was liquid heat. I was terror and curiosity and denial disguised as indifference.”
― The Bird and the Sword
― The Bird and the Sword
“When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.'
'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.”
― Sula
'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.”
― Sula
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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— last activity 4 hours, 20 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Clumsy Book Club
— 45 members
— last activity Feb 23, 2018 10:11PM
Célébrer et mettre en avant la littérature écrite par des femmes noires. Parce qu'elles ont très peu de visibilité et sont trop peu connues. Ce groupe ...more
International Penpals !!
— 227 members
— last activity Jun 05, 2025 12:53PM
Are you interested in connecting with people around the world who share the same interest as you and maybe improve your language abilities ? Please jo ...more
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