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Douglas Beagley

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Douglas’s Quotes

“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

tags: history, life

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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

tags: love

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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

tags: magic, technology

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“Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.”
― Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop

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2023 Vermont Read-a-Thon — 6 members — last activity Mar 15, 2023 06:26PM
We are participating in a book reading challenge from 2/14/23-3/17/23 for the non-profit Reach Out and Read that provides families with reading opport ...more