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I can't rate it because I'm just reading the sample of it, and I'm just an English learner. However, even though I find what I've read so far is rather strict, scolding the use of the word 'folk,' I feel a relief to see such an existence because I've
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if relativism is true, then it is only relatively true.
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
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“And you make people nervous, young man," she said - most equably, for her. "You either take to somebody or you don't. If you do, then you do all the talking and nobody can even get a word in edgewise. If you don't like somebody - which is most of the time - then you just sit around like death itself and let the person talk themself into a hole. I've seen you do it.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.”
― Origin
― Origin
“How in hell are you going to recognize a legitimate holy man when you see one if you don't even know a cup of concentrated chicken soup when it's right in front of your nose?”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
“But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.”
― The Good Son
― The Good Son
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