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Salt Water Tears (The Short Fiction of Brian A. Hopkins) by Brian A. Hopkins

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Many Inuit detest the name Eskimo. It was given to them by early European explorers and means eaters of raw meat. In their own tongue, they are the Inuit, the Real People.

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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

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“Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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