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ETA: Lizzie, to me, appears to be inspired by the real person Josephine Baker. You can find her at Wiki! ******************* This book follows seven generations of a Black-American family AND Black-American music AND American history from slavery, the...more |
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I do think "Some Sing, Some Cry" benefits from the audio-format! There is a conversation with the authors at the end...more " |
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"David, was it The Book of Night Women? That too was well done."
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
― Mahatma Gandhi
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston Churchill
― Winston Churchill
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
― Robert A. Heinlein
“Don't you love being alive?" asked Miranda. "Don't you love weather and the colors at different times of the day, and all the sounds and noises like children screaming in the next lot, and automobile horns and little bands playing in the street and the smell of food cooking?"
"I love to swim, too." said Adam.
"So do I," said Miranda, "we never did swim together.”
― Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider
"I love to swim, too." said Adam.
"So do I," said Miranda, "we never did swim together.”
― Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
― Søren Kierkegaard
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