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Book cover for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
A teenage girl played Penguin Cafe Orchestra on a cello for tips.
Adam Z
I love it when an author references real-world music that I can then look up and listen to... A couple days later, on 6/3/24 I looked up Penguin Cafe Orchestra and streamed their 1976 debut album 3 consecutive times. I like it!
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John Calvin
“If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,...it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.”
John Calvin

Benjamin Franklin
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Benjamin Franklin

Mother Teresa
“I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is 'Abortion', because it is a war against the child... A direct killing of the innocent child, 'Murder' by the mother herself... And if we can accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love... And we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts...”
Mother Teresa

Timothy J. Keller
“In any relationship, there will be frightening spells in which your feelings of love dry up. And when that happens you must remember that the essence of marriage is that it is a covenant, a commitment, a promise of future love. So what do you do? You do the acts of love, despite your lack of feeling. You may not feel tender, sympathetic, and eager to please, but in your actions you must BE tender, understanding, forgiving and helpful. And, if you do that, as time goes on you will not only get through the dry spells, but they will become less frequent and deep, and you will become more constant in your feelings. This is what can happen if you decide to love.”
Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

Mark Twain
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Mark Twain

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