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A book feels like a thing alive in this moment, and also alive on a continuum, from the moment the thoughts about it first percolated in the writer’s mind to the moment it sprang off the printing press—a lifeline that continues
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“[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives.”
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
“This collusion represents a way for the ruling class to achieve through the economy what it could never achieve through the ballot box.”
― The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival – A Political Memoir of Winning Leadership and Conservative Governance
― The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival – A Political Memoir of Winning Leadership and Conservative Governance
“Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things to live through, and latching on to the good things will give you strength to endure, she says. So I must remember this day. It is beautiful and this seems like the best time to live and the best place”
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
“Education doesn't keep a person from being a fool and the lack of it doesn't keep a person from being intelligent.”
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
― These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
“A book feels like a thing alive in this moment”
― The Library Book
― The Library Book
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