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“But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't
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prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way...”
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“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
― A Confession
― A Confession
“stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“But what does it mean, the plague? It's life, that's all.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
Books I Loathed
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This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
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We are a group of educators (teachers, media specialists / librarians, and home school teachers) parents and other adult fans of young adult and child ...more
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A group for adult lovers of Young Adult fiction. We feature a different YA book genres and topics with our group reads, in order to cater to a varie ...more
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