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“He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any tattoo on my back.' 'What you got on it?' the girl said. 'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw.' 'Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.”

Book:Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories

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Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories

This volume of short stories delves into the complexities of human relationships and societal dynamics, focusing on the lives of individuals in the American South. The narratives examine the challenges and conflicts arising from racial and class divisions, offering a nuanced portrayal of the human condition. more

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Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor was an American writer known for her unique Southern background and profound religious themes. Her works often explore moral and religious issues through satire and humor, with her novels 'Wise Blood' and 'The Violent Bear It Away' being among her most famous. more

“All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.”

Ifs Thinking Children Doe Book Left Taken Our Children Remove Censorship Shelves

Author:Katherine Paterson

“Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence.”

People Existence Society Atheism Evidence Positive Atheism Strikes Tension Sparks Censorship Dissent Free Society Friction

Author:Salman Rushdie

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.”

Firsts Challenges Progress Conditions Institutions Currents Positive Atheism Conception Censorship Free Speech Removal Censoring Book Banning Progress In Life Supplanting

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”

Want Humans Wanted Mistake Sake Apples Adam Censorship Forbidden Serpent Forbidden Fruit Wit And Wisdom

Author:Mark Twain

“Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse”

Remember Moved Mice Icons Overrated

Author:William Shatner

“For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.”

World Years Has Beens Culture Islamic Islamic Culture

Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

“And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.”

Knows Different Fun Industry Virgins

Author:Richard Branson