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“When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.”

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Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen is an American author best known for her autobiographical novel 'Girl, Interrupted,' which is based on her own experiences at the McLean Hospital psychiatric ward in the early 1960s. more

“The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety or the impossibility of his becoming white... the Negros will have no outlet but to go down a blind alley, if the sort of education which they are now receiving is to enable them to find the way out of their present difficulties.”

Ifs Way White Becoming Difficulty Blind Train Convince Receiving Impossibility Outlets Alleys

Author:Carter G. Woodson

“Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.”

Men World Humans Said Action Law Order Difficult Boys Knowing Toms Hollow Human Actions Sawyer Coveting

Book:Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

Source: Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

“Y’all might as well come on out,” I said. “I know you’re there. I can smell you.” “Smell me? But I just took a shower this morning!” an indignant voice drifted out of the shadows. There was a loud sound, like someone was getting smacked upside the head. Then another voice let out a low mutter. “Shut up, idiot.”

Knows Wells Said I Can Might Sound Voice Morning Lows Shadow Smell Idiot Loud Shut Up Showers Indignant Gin Blanco

Book:By a Thread

Source: By a Thread

“Burn, baby, burn,” she muttered in a hard, satisfied voice. I cleared my throat. “As much as I hate to interrupt the supreme satisfaction you’re taking in watching the mansion blaze to the ground, I’d really like to get out of here before the whole house collapses on top of us.”

Hard Whole Hate House Voice Baby I Hate Satisfaction Supreme Satisfied Throat Collapse Mansions Gin Blanco

Author:Jennifer Estep

“Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.”

Animal Powerful Truth Is Wild Animal Caged Insurgent Caged Animal

Book:Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)

Source: Insurgent Collector's Edition (Enhanced Edition)

“All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.”

Humans War Weakness Exploits

Book:On War

Source: On War

“We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.”

Doe Stills Character Feelings Powerful Emotion Principles Records Violence Sea Balance Judgment Function Ships Repeats Spite Rough Compass Maintaining Variation Strength Of Character

Book:On War

Source: On War

“If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.”

Ifs Inspirational Problem Challenges Deals Our Lives Welcome Destroyed Avoiding Encouraging Life Challenges Small Problems

Book:The Ultimate Journey: A Novel

Source: The Ultimate Journey: A Novel

“... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.”

Sometimes Laughing Cry Sometimes In Life

Author:Jim Stovall

“Going to university is only one avenue to gain knowledge. There are others. A degree isn't insurance against ignorance.”

Ignorance Degrees Gains University Avenues

Book:For the Roses

Source: For the Roses

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