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“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
― The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
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“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― Mostly Sally
― Mostly Sally
“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no existence without the rites of friendship. Social rituals create a reality which would be nothing without them. It is not too much to say that ritual is more to society than words are to thought. For it is very possible to know something and then find words for it. But it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts.”
― Purity and Danger
― Purity and Danger
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