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Entre visillos

by Carmen Martín Gaite

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“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

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“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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