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“I don't go to church much anymore, but Methodist values still wind me up and send me ticking into my daily life.”

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Mem Fox is an Australian author renowned for her children's literature. Her works are beloved by children and parents worldwide, known for their unique humor and profound emotional expression. more

“Labels not only free us from the obligation to think creatively; they numb our sensibilities, our power to feel. During the Vietnam War, the phrase body count entered our vocabulary. It is an ambiguous phrase, inorganic, even faintly sporty. It distanced us from the painful reality of corpses, of dead, mutilated people.”

People Thinking Feels War Body Reality Language Painful Obligation Labels Phrases Vietnam Sensibility Vocabulary Corpses Vietnam War Numb Ambiguous

Book:News from the World: Stories and Essays

Source: News from the World: Stories and Essays

“Freedom is a public library.”

Library Public Library

Author:Paula Fox

“Life was an impenetrable mystery cloaked in babble.”

Mystery

Author:Paula Fox

“When there's a terrible murder people who are interviewed say, 'This has always been a quiet neighborhood.' That is so dumb and uninformed! The earth is not a quiet neighborhood. There isn't anyplace that's a quiet neighborhood. People are asking themselves how to stay neat in the cyclone.”

People Earth Terrible Quiet Murder Asking Dumb Neighborhood Neat Uninformed Cyclones

Author:Paula Fox

“Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.”

Life Is Used

Book:Western Wind

Source: Western Wind

“My life was incoherent to me. I felt it quivering, spitting out broken teeth.”

Felt Broken Teeth

Book:Borrowed Finery: A Memoir

Source: Borrowed Finery: A Memoir

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