1. "Did you ever think this country, in 2024, would be here?" ~ A More Perfect Party by Juanita Tolliver
2. "Reading was my first addiction. When I tell people this today, they laugh and nod as if they understand, as if they too are part of a secret book-addict society whose greatest crime is staying up late, a flashlight under the covers, compulsively reading page after page." ~ The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
3. "Some days, you wake up, and you're supposed to feel different, but you don't. Take, for example, your birthday, your anniversary, the first day of the year. You want to be excited, but it's just another day, like all the days before it." ~ Sisters with a Side of Greens by Michelle Stimpson
4. "Someone like me was never supposed to be in my position." ~ Lucky Me by Rich Paul
5. "I open my eyes and choose violence." ~ The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall
6. "If I leave this house, it will be in handcuffs." ~ The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
7. "A thousand lights glittered, incandescent stars twinkling in celebration. Golden champagne, the potable required by the night, flowed endlessly into fluted crystal. Mirth floated above harps and flutes, blended with conversation. Dazzling couples circled the parquet in elegant steps." ~ Power of Persuasion by Stacey Abrams writing as Selena Montgomery
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