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E.B. White • Here is New York (1949)
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Children must be very indulgent to the grown-ups.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • The Little Prince
The old Quaker chuckled, thinking the finely dressed Negro was joking. “Thy four-legged creatures of God are better judges of thy inner soul than thy man creatures,” Sturgis said. “Size makes no difference.” “Indeed you is right, sir,” Gene said. “Thy horse is often a better judge of thine character than thy women, or even thine children, who are
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Doc Roberts, a stout man who still traveled by horse and cart despite the fact that his shiny new Chevrolet sat in the driveway of his ivy-clad home next to the town cemetery,
James McBride • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
But that is not a man, that’s a mushroom!”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • The Little Prince
“Weren’t they happy, where they were?” “We are never happy where we are,” said the switchman.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • The Little Prince
“It’s a hat.” Then, I did not talk to that person about boa snakes, neither virgin forests, nor stars. I put myself on the same level. I talked about bridge, golf, politics, and neckties. And the grown-up was glad to know another rational man…