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“My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“He like to refer to his whiteness the way all white liberals did: only acknowledging it when he felt oppressed by it, otherwise pretending it didn't exist.”
― Brit Bennett, The Mothers

“Just because something isn’t meant to last a lifetime doesn’t mean it wasn’t meant to be”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, One True Loves

“Grief is a city all on its own, built high on a hill and surrounded by stone walls. It is a fortress that you will inhabit for the rest of your life, walking its dead-end roads forever. The trick is to stop trying to escape and, instead, to make yourself at home.”
― Bianca Marais, Hum If You Don't Know the Words

“To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collection of books.”
― Carlos María Domínguez, The House of Paper

“How much of yourself do you have to renounce in order to have the life you think you want?”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Good Dirt