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Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless when facing them. —RABINDRANATH TAGORE
“She had become white because it was practical, so practical that, at the time, her decision seemed laughably obvious. Why wouldn’t you be white if you could be? Remaining what you were or becoming something new, it was all a choice, any way you looked at it. She had just made the rational decision.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“He led Stella to his car. He offered to drive her, not out of kindness, but because Desiree loved Stella and that was how love worked, wasn't it? A transference, leaping onto you if you inched close enough.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“In all of her school pictures, she'd either looked too black or over-exposed, invisible except for the whites of her eyes and teeth. The camera, Reese told her once, worked like the human eye. Meaning, it was not created to notice her.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“She was white, she was black, she became a new person as soon as she crossed a border. She was always inventing her life.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“She finally unlatched the screen door and stepped barefoot onto the porch. Early eased toward her. He smelled like sandalwood and sweat, and as he neared, she thought, for one breathless second, that he might kiss her. But he didn’t. He lifted his fig to her lips. She bit where his mouth had been.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)
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Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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Bookworm Bitches
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Shoshana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shoshana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Chick-lit, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Sports, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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