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“doubt not he understood then better than I did, the danger and the penalty of selling a free man into slavery. He felt the necessity of closing my mouth against the crime he knew he was committing.”
― Twelve Years A Slave
― Twelve Years A Slave
“You never know what kind of people are out there… Having a dog like yours is a big help, but they can’t stop a gun.”
― Killer
― Killer
“She would emerge. She always had before. The punishing political climate of Oz had beat her down, dried her up, tossed her away—like a seedling she had drifted, apparently too desiccated ever to take root. But surely the curse was on the land of Oz, not on her. Though Oz had given her a twisted life, hadn’t it also made her capable?”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“The premiere was as exciting as the 1938 boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Lewis.”
― Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
― Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime
“I prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.”
― Steel Blood
― Steel Blood
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