My Antonia
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In the course of twenty crowded years one parts with many illusions. I did not wish to lose the early ones. Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
“Tell me yourself—rather than suffering because of daughters, as Tevye has, is it not a thousand times better to lie in the ground and bake bagels?”
― Tevye the Dairyman & Motl the Cantor's Son
― Tevye the Dairyman & Motl the Cantor's Son
“But I had at least hoped to find some decent people around Hitler. I am horrified to discover that the whole gang is nothing but a horde of criminals and cowards.” Fromm”
― In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
― In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
“It’s a lot easier to blow up trains than to make them run on time.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
“Queen Elizabeth, in a much-cited quote, faithfully bathed once a month “whether she needs it or no.”
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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