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Masterpiece. Octavia Butler uses an unexplained, reoccurring time-travel element to place the reader in the world of a Maryland slave in 1819, as seen/lived by a Black woman from 1976. Beautifully accomplished! A can't-put-it-down novel, the plot hol
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“Would I use the word 'genius' to describe myself? No. 'Alive?' Perhaps. 'Befuddled?' Certainly.”
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“We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”
― The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
― The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.”
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"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.”
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