Comes now a smiling New-Born Year To fill to-day with goodly cheer— An infant hale and lusty. Upon our door-sill he is… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share Image
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Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: such things take place in… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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A minute analysis of life at once destroys that splendor which dazzles the imagination. Whatsoever grandeur can display, or luxury enjoy, is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I… — Mary Johnston Copy Share Image
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Beware of injustice, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it doomed those who… — Muhammad Copy Share Image
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I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to… — Al Seckel Copy Share Image
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You see it in the stuff I've done at Laika: I've always tried to make movies that have an artful blend of… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
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