Rufus Barncastle

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E.B. White
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.”
E.B. White

Erich Maria Remarque
“People should die, only when they're alone. Or when they hate—not when they love.”
Erich Maria Remarque, Three Comrades

George Orwell
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
George Orwell, 1984

Louise Fitzhugh
“Harriet pushed her hair back and looked at him seriously. 'Sport, what are you going to be when you grow up?'

'You know what. You know I'm going to be a ball player.'

'Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.' Satisfied, she turned back to her town.”
Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy

Władysław Szpilman
“Street traders were doing good business selling a paper toy which represented a pig, but if you put the paper together and unfolded it in a certain way it turned into Hitler’s face.”
Władysław Szpilman, The Pianist

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Johnie ...
165 books | 6 friends

Berna L...
280 books | 30 friends

Earnest...
194 books | 23 friends

Torie Z...
149 books | 45 friends

Shery M...
372 books | 30 friends

Armandi...
480 books | 4 friends

Morton ...
179 books | 65 friends

Virgen ...
287 books | 5 friends

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