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I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
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The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It makes any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Listen, are we helpless? Are we doomed to do it again and again and again? Have we no choice but to play… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
I am content to live and die as the mere repeater of Scriptural teaching - as a person who has thought out… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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She loves you," the Prince cried. "She loves you still and you love her, so think of that--think of this too: in… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
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Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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Central Europe is full of little countries standing shoulder to shoulder with no window to the sea. They are like the passengers… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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