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“Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could count on the women.”
― The Women
― The Women
“That means you’ve got what it takes, Frank. We all went through it. Nurses back in the world are second-class citizens. And, big surprise—they’re mostly women. Men keep us in boxes, make us wear starched virgin white, and tell us that docs are gods. And the worst part is, we believe them.”
― The Women
― The Women
“Race determined when we could speak, what we could say, where we could live, how we were educated—race was the burden every Negro bore, and that verity left us with a double consciousness that we had to chart through every minute of each day.”
― Cantos Para os Meus Netos: Poemas de Victor Hugo
― Cantos Para os Meus Netos: Poemas de Victor Hugo
“People come through that door to heal. That’s all. To heal.”
“Is that why you think I’m here?”
“Why else would you? They’re gone. Now you got no excuses for who you can be. So who you gonna be? Same as you were? Or everything you would’ve been otherwise?”
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“Is that why you think I’m here?”
“Why else would you? They’re gone. Now you got no excuses for who you can be. So who you gonna be? Same as you were? Or everything you would’ve been otherwise?”
―
“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.”
― James
― James
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Joy ✨’s 2025 Year in Books
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