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“You could slap his wrist for saying it, but then he said it with his face, and you could spank him for making faces, but then he said it with his eyes, and there were limits to correction-no way, in the end, to penetrate behind the blue irises and eradicate a boy's disgust.”

Book:The Corrections: A Novel

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The Corrections: A Novel

In this acclaimed novel, the author delves into the complex dynamics of a family dealing with aging, illness, and the changing social landscape of America. The story follows the lives of an elderly couple and their adult children, each struggling with their own personal challenges and relationships. more

Author

Jonathan Franzen

American contemporary novelist, known for his profound social insight and unique literary style. His works include 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom'. more

“What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might have lived decently and become a fairly respectable citizen has gone to the dogs for the want of some one to administer a good resounding kick at the right time. It is corrective and clarifying.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Illustrated)

“Your printers have made but one blunder,Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]Has the ghost of a claim to be thought a good fencer.To my vision his merits have still seemed to dwindle,Since I have found him allied with the great Dr T[yndall]While I have, for my part, grown cockier and cockier,Since I found an ally in yourself, Mr L[ockyer]And am always, in consequence, thoroughly willin',To perform in the pages of Nature's M[acmillan].”

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Author:Peter Tait

“In this way the ego detaches itself from the external world. It is more correct to say: Originally the ego includes everything, later it detaches from itself the external world. The ego-feeling we are aware of now is thus only a shrunken vestige of a far more extensive feeling - a feeling which embraced the universe and expressed an inseparable connection of the ego with the external world.”

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Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents

“All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.”