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“But I know that he has a gun. And from the way he is acting—”
William Maxwell • So Long, See You Tomorrow: Virtage International Edition (Vintage International)
Or as the nurse to the Union dead writes: Stand cool and composed before a million universes
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
he made his own living in his own way and never had to call any man master. He never enjoyed a stable income, and never had a completely reliable publishing outlet. Uncertain as to whether he was a novelist or not, he added to the richness of English fiction but learned to concentrate on the essay form. Thus, he faced the competing orthodoxies and
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She loves feeling that every headway man tries to make
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
I hated the world that wouldn’t let me apply justice without the certain retaliation of injustice.
Percival Everett • James
It was the proposal of a fanatic.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.
George Orwell • 1984
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