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“Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.”
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“The world was hers for the reading.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Yes, you’re right. One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey”
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