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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

by Julian Sancton (Goodreads Author)

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The President's Daughter

by Bill Clinton (Goodreads Author)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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“A woman doesn't always have a choice, not in a meaningful way. Sometimes there is a debt that must be paid, a comfort that she is obliged to provide, a safe passage that must be secured. Everyone of us has lain down for a reason that was not love.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

tags: black-women-author, women

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“It was a wonderful feeling to be grown and yet young. To be married but not settled. To be tied down yet free.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

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“Is it love, or is it convenience?... She explained that connivence, habit, comfort, obligation- these are all things that wear the same clothing as love sometimes.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

tags: love, marriage, true-love

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“But a man who is a father to a daughter is different from one who is a father to a son. One is the left shoe and the other is the right. They are the same but not interchangeable.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

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“One of the hurdles of adulthood is when holidays become measuring sticks againt which you always fall short. For children, Thanksgiving is about turkey and Christmas is about presents. Grown up, you learn that all holidays are about family and few can win there.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

tags: adulthood, family-relationships, holidays

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