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Ham on Rye

by Charles Bukowski

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Mother Mary Comes to Me

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How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History

by Josephine Quinn

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“No one asks to be born, to be black or white or any color in between and yet the identity a person is born into becomes the hardest to explain to the world”
― A. Igoni Barrett, Blackass

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“you
not wanting me
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the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
― Nayyirah Waheed

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“The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us, ladies and gentlemen. Us.”
― Phil Knight, Shoe Dog

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“When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.”
― NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

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“The single easiest way to find out how you feel about someone. Say goodbye.”
― Phil Knight, Shoe Dog

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