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“Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.”

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In this novel, a young character navigates the complexities of family life and the wonders of childhood, all while grappling with the fantastical world of imagination. more

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A. S. Byatt

A. S. Byatt is a celebrated British novelist, recognized for her intricate narratives and literary style. Born on August 24, 1936, she has made substantial contributions to literature with her distinctive voice and storytelling. more

“I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The story that I bought it on the installment plan is untrue, the invention of a Hollywood press agent. Local color. I paid cash, $8, money I had saved as a hired hand on my uncle Calvin's farm, baling and stacking hay. Prairie hay, used as feed for the cattle in winter. It was mean work for a wiry boy, but ambition made me strong.”

“Im not making up my mind about anything right now. Things are happening so quickly for me, and Im still in the thinking stage.”

Thinking Mind Stills Stage Right Now Happenings Making Up

Author:Patsy Cline

“Im gonna be something one of these days.”

These Days

Author:Patsy Cline

“It [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights, and are at the same time themselves better guarded against degeneracy, yet experience [has] shown that, even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”

Government Form Certain Individual Natural Rights Exercise Protect Tyranny Operations Forms Of Government Guarded Natural Rights

Book:Thomas Jefferson: selections from his writings edited, with an introduction

Source: Thomas Jefferson: selections from his writings edited, with an introduction

“The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom.”

People Political Religious Information Safe Sole Religious Freedom

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

“The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its administration.”

Reason Government Principles Information Ought Shapes Essentials Abuse Bars Administration Diffusion

Author:Thomas Jefferson

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