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America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on… — Carlos Bulosan Copy Share Image
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The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Facebook, what book? Slutbook? They need to call this F-ckbook. Picture looking good, but in person¦Yuckbook. Hellbook, Tellbook, bitches cant Spellbook. Hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Keats's odes are among my favorite poems ever. As are Neruda's. So yes, I think my poems are odes, though I really… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
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