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― Eleanor & Park
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― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
“I can see,’ Miss Emily said, ‘that it might look as though you were simply pawns in a game. It can certainly be looked at like that. But think of it. You were lucky pawns. There was a certain climate and now it’s gone. You have to accept that sometimes that’s how things happen in the world. People’s opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then the other. It just so happens you grew up at a certain point in this process.’
‘It might be just some trend that came and went,’ I said. ‘But for us, it’s our life.”
― Never Let Me Go
‘It might be just some trend that came and went,’ I said. ‘But for us, it’s our life.”
― Never Let Me Go
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― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
Ask Josh Ritter - March 11, 2013
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Join us on Monday, March 11, 2013 for a special discussion with musician and author Josh Ritter. Josh will be discussing his work, including his book ...more
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