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“Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.”

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Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806) was an American surveyor, astronomer, mathematician, and writer during the American Revolutionary War. He is known for his contributions to the fields of surveying, astronomy, and mathematics, and for his role in the American Revolutionary War. more

“And, at such a time, for a few of us there will always be a tugging at the heart—knowing a precious moment had gone and we not there. We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours for ever—the way things looked, that church alone in the fields, a bed on belfry floor, a remembered voice, a loved face. They’ve gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.”

Way Heart Moments Pain Faces Asks Waiting Voice Church Gone Knowing Fields Bed Remembered Tugging Precious Moments

Author:J. L. Carr

“The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late.”

Firsts Feelings Air Late Breaths Too Late Autumn Prodigals

Book:A Month in the Country

Source: A Month in the Country

“Novel-writing can be a cold-blooded business. One uses whatever happens to be lying around in memory and employs it to suit one’s end….Then, again, during the months whilst one is writing about the past, a story is colored by what presently is happening to its writer. So, imperceptibly, the tone of voice changes, original intentions slip away. And I found myself looking through another window at a darker landscape inhabited by neither the present nor the past.”

Writing Ends Stories Use Happens Past Lying Found Voice Memories Novel Months Cold Happenings Window Originals Intention Suits Landscape Tone Slips Whatever Happens Novel Writing Cold Blooded

Author:J. L. Carr

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