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![Thrift Wars [Updated 2022] by Eric Michael](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438250016l/24510868._SX98_.jpg "Thrift Wars [Updated 2022] by Eric Michael")
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We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating things and no pleasure in having them! Our lives are made drearier, rather than richer! How can a person take pride in his work when skill and care are considered luxuries! We're not machines! We have a human need for craftsmanship!
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― There's Treasure Everywhere
― There's Treasure Everywhere
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She went to the not-quite-antique stores...and found an old bed quilt, blue and white, with stitches made by a hand she didn't know but trusted all the same, and laid it against the black metal bedstead.
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― The School of Essential Ingredients
― The School of Essential Ingredients
