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“Tonight’s December thirty-first,
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Collected Verse from 1929 On
Something is about to burst.
The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.
Hark, it's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year!”
― Collected Verse from 1929 On
“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
― Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume
― Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume
“These are the times that try men's souls.”
― The American Crisis
― The American Crisis
“Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.”
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“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
― Room
― Room
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