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Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 23, 2026 06:30PM

“You have forgotten, though it is unlikely that you ever knew, why you were sent to Vietnam to fight. You have forgotten, if you ever even though about it, that Vietnam is the country of the Vietnamese , not the country of Americans.”
― Richard Hammer, One Morning in the War: The Tragedy at Son My

tags: vietnam-veterans, vietnam-war, war

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“She's a librarian, Sim said. They're not teachers; don't give you half as much hassle. If there's a fire in the school and I've got to choose who I'm gonna save - a teacher or a librarian - the teacher's gonna burn every time.
(p. 24)”
― Keith Gray, Ostrich Boys

tags: humor, librarian, teacher, teens

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“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

tags: inspiration, love, story-people

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“Remember, the center of a woman is her uterus. Her crazy, crazy uterus.”
― Therese Oneill, Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

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“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: courage, inspirational, strength

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