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There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized… — Jonathan Kozol
one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill. — Patricia Highsmith
Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly… — Terry Pratchett
So, if people didnâ€™t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living? We have no… — Bill Bryson
It rang and it rand and it rang. I looked at the screen one last time, then at Stuart, and then I reached my arm… — Maureen Johnson
Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve… — Norton Juster
The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light. — John Green
We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Donâ€™t wait… — Natalie Goldberg
Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best… — Jodi Picoult
Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were all but unaffordable,… — Jasper Fforde
There are still eight of us,â€ Guy pointed out. â€œNot exactly an even fight.â€ â€œI was thinking the same thing,â€ Mauvin said. â€œSadly, thereâ€™s no… — Michael J. Sullivan
Aâ€”risâ€”ta?â€ Degan asked, sounding horse. â€œWhat is it?â€ â€œA rat bit me,â€ she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. â€œJasper does that… — Michael J. Sullivan
My darling, you are indisposed! You must remain abed for the next eight months. Little Buford - " "I am NOT naming our child Buford... — Cassandra Clare
I suppose there is no place in the world where snobbery is quite so ever-present or where it is cultivated in such refined and subtle… — George Orwell
Okay," Kincaid said. "Anyone have any questions?" "Why do they sell hot dogs in packages of ten but hot dog buns in packages of eight? — Jim Butcher
Mrs. Zuppa was coming in from bingo just as I was leaving the building. "Looks like you're going to work," she said, leaning heavily on… — Janet Evanovich
We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention our worldly goods.… — Erich Segal
For the next eight and a half months, you're going to be mine. Every. Night. — Larissa Ione
Ford put a hand to his head. â€œBack up. Back up!â€ he cried. â€œYouâ€™re too close.â€ Heart pounding, I looked at the eight feet between… — Kim Harrison
And I have tried to forget him, I have tried to convince myself that it was just one of those things, but itâ€™s difficult to… — John Boyne

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