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...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. Louisa May Alcott
Thomas Pynchon quote: "Some typewriters in Whitehall, in the Pentagon, killed more..."
Some typewriters in Whitehall, in the Pentagon, killed more civilians than our little A4 could have ever hoped to. Thomas Pynchon
A man," said he, "must have a very good opinion of himself when he askspeople to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day asthis, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a mostagreeable fellow; I could not do such a thing. It is the greatestabsurdity--Actually snowing at this moment!--The folly of not allowingpeople to be comfortable at home--and the folly of people's not stayingcomfortably at home when they can!... Jane Austen
But the fact of it was that I liked it out there, a ruin devoid of human vanities, clean of human illusions, an empty place reclaimed by the weather where a woman plays an organ to stop the wind's whining and an old man plays ball with a dog named Duke. I could tell you that I came back because I had promises to keep, but maybe it was because nobody asked me to stay. Joan Didion
Jodi Picoult quote: "It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be..."
It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye. Jodi Picoult
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None..."
Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force. J. R. R. Tolkien
If only I had thought of a Kodak! I could have flashed that glimpse of the Under-world in a second, and examined it at leisure. H. G. Wells
Kingsley Amis quote: "Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way."
Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way. Kingsley Amis
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants. Charles Spurgeon
Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing. I am one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the 'guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself. Ray Bradbury
Over and over again I have said that there is no way out of the present impasse. If we were wide awake we would be instantly struck by the horrors which surround us ... We would drop our tools, quit our jobs, deny our obligations, pay no taxes, observe no laws, and so on. Could the man or woman who is thoroughly awakened possibly do the crazy things which are now expected of him or her every moment of the day? Henry Miller
She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing. Elizabeth Gaskell
Roddy Doyle quote: "We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze."
We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze. Roddy Doyle
People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoevsky
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies. Calvin Coolidge

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