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Unsheltered

by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Girl Guide Annual: 1972

by Jean Kenward

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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: language, new-year, voice, words

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“If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.”
― Mercedes Lackey

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: better-life-empathy

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“Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.”
― O. Henry

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