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“I implore you. Take the train appearing in the distance: this train might be the last.”
Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen, Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime

Fred Gipson
“everybody,”
Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

Ashby Jones
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How many times had she heard her father tread on the old baseball analogy, if you don't swing at the third strike, there's no chance of hitting the ball.”
Ashby Jones, The Little Bird

Alexandre Dumas
“Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them in the same light as others…”
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“The filigreed iron gates of the Navy Yard were open wide between two pillars that featured large spread-winged eagles on orbs. Men were standing around as women came out together in their overalls after their shifts. Before the war women didn’t work at the Navy Yard, but with men joining up or drafted and a new campaign with a poster of 'Rosie the Riveter' it did its job encouraging woman to work outside the home for the war effort.”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

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