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“But truth, that dangerous commodity, has a way of sticking ...”
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“Even though you've given up a past it hasn't given you up. It comes uninvited — and sometimes half welcome.”
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“Life is something that happens to you while you're making other plans.”
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“Ageism in language can be very subtle and may not be as immediately apparent as racist or sexist terms. Like its counterparts, however, it is equally necessary to rid our language of ageist expressions.”
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“... youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity.”
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“Perhaps the longest journey is the journey within.”
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“Some cry because there's not enough bread — and some cry because there's not enough cake!”
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“Miss Bart had the gift of following an undercurrent of thought while she appeared to be sailing on the surface of conversation ... ”