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“What goes unnamed remains hard to correct.”

Book:A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years

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A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years

This book is part of a series that explores complex themes and characters, continuing the narrative from its preceding volumes. more

Author

Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members of the Graf Zeppelin Club or shopped at the Chinese department stores, for their mastery of an exotic foreign ritual. Besides, those who worked hardest for others, like Mrs. Philips and Mrs. Gilmour and Dr. Ransome, often held beliefs that turned out to be correct.”

People Way Christian Mother Father Belief Members Clubs Stores Hardest Chinese Department Ritual Mastery Drs Exotic Mother And Father Philip Zeppelins Department Stores

Author:J. G. Ballard

“We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.”

Ifs Problem Deficiency

Author:Joe Arpaio

“Being wrong on facts, that's something you have a real responsibility to correct. But being wrong in the fun sports way is part of the interplay.”

Way Real Facts Fun Sports Responsibility Being Wrong

Author:Joe Posnanski

“He gave her an indulgent look. "I'll forgive these rash words for now." She sputtered, "Forgive? Let's talk about who should be forgiving who.""Whom," he corrected."Shut up! I'm in the right here. Remember all those things you did to me?"”

Should Looks Remember Forgiving Shut Up

Book:Lothaire

Source: Lothaire

“But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art not doing some particular thing which seems to thee to be right, why dost thou not rather act than complain?- But some insuperable obstacle is in the way?- Do not be grieved then, for the cause of its not being done depends not on thee.- But it is not worth while to live if this cannot be done.- Take thy departure then from life contentedly, just as he dies who is in full activity, and well pleased too with the things which are obstacles.”

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“She could have dropped you both off. whar's the worst she can do? cry hysterically?"the gears on the ute get stuck at the lights and will pushes tom's hand out of the way and and shoves it into the correct gear."it wasn't her" he mutters after a moment."sorry?" tom says."she didn't cry""then what?"it's too quiet except for the quiet for the crap engine sounding like a lawn mower."i cried"luca bursts out laughing beside will."yeah, well i did" will says. "And it's not the thing you want to do in front of a bunch on engineers.”