A Billion Bears and me

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A is Currently Reading

A Billion Bears and me is currently reading

Roaring Future of Zion

by Kimberly S Burney

bookshelves: with-god-it-was-written, christian, currently-reading

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Dec 21, 2024 05:08PM

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My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement

by Willie Mae Brown

bookshelves: currently-reading, afro-rep, black-feminine-leads, black-rep, dynamic-leads, female-leads, female-perspective, important-discussions, non-fiction

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Nov 16, 2024 01:22PM

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The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person

by Frederick Joseph

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Oct 31, 2024 10:10AM

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A’s Quotes

“The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power”
― Wael Ghonim

tags: citizen, egypt, nonviolent-resistance, people-power, protest, resistance, revolution, wael-ghonim

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“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

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“The first thing I learned about having money was that it gives you choices. People don’t want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

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“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“You can’t do this for me,” he said. “I won’t let you.”
“It’s not for you. It’s not a favor. It’s the cruelest thing I could do.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

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