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“أنا إنسان شديد الجهل، ولكنني أقرأ كثيرا.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“As I ate she began the first of what we later called “my lessons in living.” She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors. She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit. That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“We all are actors of our own destiny, some good and evil, some beautiful and others just ugly.”
― Just Love Her
― Just Love Her
“All four of us gasped at the same time—the tree reached the ceiling and curled down at least a foot! What were we to do now?”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
“On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune.”
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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