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Now Frankie looked at the basset hound seal on the edge of her envelope and wondered briefly about her father’s society. It still existed, that was clear, and she wondered how it operated and what power it had on campus. But mostly (let’s ...more
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Oscar Wilde
“What is a sensitive person?” said the Cracker to the Roman Candle. “A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes,” answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the Cracker nearly exploded with laughter.”
Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Jorge Luis Borges
“There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones

James Baldwin
“People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility”
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Todd Strasser
“What I mean is," Robert said nervously, "the whole idea of The Wave is that the people in it have to support it. If we're really a community, we all have to agree.”
Todd Strasser, The Wave

“I ask the reader- is there any reason to believe that these idiots will fail to blow up the world?

The answer is: Only by accident will the present power elite, in this country and others, fail to blow up the world.”
Daniel Pinkwater, Young Adults

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