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"If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune. No doubt there are usually more and sharper quarrels between parents and children, than between masters a…"

"he typical person arrested for gun crimes is more likely to have the complexion of Shaneen Allen than, say, Sarah Palin."

"t is not always wise to relate all the truth. Even Jesus, the Son of God, had to refrain from doing so, and had to restrain His feelings many times for the safety of Himself and His followers, and had…"

"In March 1937 the reported on the case of a farmer who had shot to death his sleeping son because the child was "mentally ill in a manner that threatened society"

"Irreconcilables: he should stay here and conform; he should — not stay here . Another point of pain was that "here" and "not here" seemed to be not two halves of a homogeneous whole, but two dissonanc…"

"Why, when murder now is stalking in your streets, when dens of infamy are so thick within your city that competition has forced down the price of prostitution to the level of the wages of your starvin…"

"Never king dropped out of the clouds."

"I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out."

"When he was in great prosperity, and courted by many, seeing himself splendidly served at his table, he turned to his children and said: "Children, we had been undone, if we had not been undone."

"I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in The Catcher in the Rye. Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best frien…"

"Fortunately, neither me nor the people of India have a coloured vision. People are clear in their minds on putting the nation first. In fact, now they are even clearer when Congress has shed its ‘ muk…"

"BE IT KNOWN unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain…"

"Mayblossom Senility" ...burnt out early or maybe just not much to burn in the first place. Not much energy in the faces, not much curiosity. Suffering in silence, nowhere to go after thirty in this li…"

"Should your son follow his bliss, it’s most likely the money he’ll miss."

"Panel Borders: Looking for Lost Girls"

"Arbitrary compulsory education is after all a flagrant curtailment of parental rights and at least as "totalitarian" as conscription. Yet practically nobody dared to contradict the sacrifices made to …"

"Who are you and what medications aren’t you taking?"

"The Odyssey of Homer, trans. William Cowper"

"Dorie smiled sideways up at her in the manner of children everywhere when they’d gotten away with something."

"Brown's homepage at CalTech"