Books
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Books
Black-owned independent bookshops from around the globe, perfect for supporting this month and all year round 💕
We can support these shops by:
🏡 Visiting and shopping in person
💻 Shopping online
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One of my fondest memories from childhood is my father taking me to a bookstore and spending hours there
Bookstores are magical places because we venture into new aisles and discover genres and books that perhaps we would’ve never discovered otherwise
It was a window to the world pre... See more
Santiago R Santosx.comintroverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation
Susan Cain • Quiet
I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
Khaled Hosseini • The Kite Runner
And the potential benefits don’t stop there. Reading fiction has also been shown to increase pro-social behaviour, reduce sexist and racist stereotyping, and sharpen language and comprehension skills. It can also boost overall well-being — slowing cognitive decline,lowering stress (though perhaps not so much when it comes to news), and even increas... See more
What Not Reading Costs Men — and Everyone Else
Insight in and of itself is an intellectual comfort. Power in and of itself is a blind force that can destroy as easily as build. It is only when we consciously learn to link power and light that we begin to feel our rightful identities as creative beings. The Morning Pages allow us to forge this link. They provide us with a spiritual ham-radio set
... See moreJulia Cameron • The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them.