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She taught me that we who have the blues also have beauty. Both beauty and the blues, inside and out.
“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”
― Black Boy
― Black Boy
“Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.”
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“One cannot innovate new improvements without understanding old failures.”
― A Curious Beginning
― A Curious Beginning
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
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Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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