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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Being oppressed means the absence of choices”
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“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
Alana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,368 books
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1,561 friends
1,082 books
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197 friends
525 books
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2,652 friends
447 books
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155 friends
915 books
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177 friends
1,195 books
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1,504 friends
469 books
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29 friends
931 books
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27 friends
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