“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
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“The Herdmans moved from grade to grade through the Woodrow Wilson School like those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat . . . which was just about what they did to one teacher after another.”
― The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
― The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
“But that’s not true,” Taran called. “I—I was …” By then, Eilonwy was out of earshot. Crestfallen, Taran followed her. “I can’t make sense out of that girl,” he said to the bard. “Can you?” “Never mind,” Fflewddur said. “We aren’t really expected to.”
― The Book of Three
― The Book of Three
“The Knights of Saint John held services of thanksgiving and ignited fireworks in the night sky over Malta,”
― Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
― Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
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