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“God has forgotten us; only are we remembered by the harpies of justice, who prey upon our distress and coin our sighs and tears into bright shining dollars.”
― The Complete Short Stories of Jack London
― The Complete Short Stories of Jack London
“The collaborating truths of these multiple Mexican accounts became a victim of the mythology which proved far stronger than the facts.”
― Exodus from the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
― Exodus from the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
“and I don’t have to put on a monkey suit to do it.”
― Coming Apart
― Coming Apart
“Nobody speaks up, nobody’s ever dared, and that silence has created a terrible power.”
― The Secret Hotel in Berlin
― The Secret Hotel in Berlin
“She didn’t believe in their motto, mostly because she was the opposite of a collective. Cleo was pure, 100 percent individual.”
― Otherworldly
― Otherworldly
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