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An excerpt from Dashka Slater’s article in The New York Times, “The Fire on the 57 Bus in Oakland” (January 29, 2015), on which The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives is based.“It was close to 5 o’clock on th ...more "
“Let us cultivate our garden.”
― Candide
― Candide
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
“And so it goes...”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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