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Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer

Joan Bauer is an American writer known for her works in children's and young adult literature. Her books often address social issues such as poverty, discrimination, and environmental protection. Born on July 12, 1951, Bauer graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. more

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“Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three or four that suddenly come out, simple in themselves, a personal pronoun, an adverb, an adjective, we have the excitement of seeing them coming irresistibly to the surface through the skin and the eyes and upsetting the composure of our feelings, sometimes the nerves that can not bear it any longer, they put up with a great deal, they put up with everything, it was as if they were wearing armor, we might say.”

IfsKnowsTwoSometimesFeelingsSeemsMightEyeThreeSimpleDealsFourSeeingBearsSkinsSurfaceUpsetExcitementNervesDeceivingCan NotArmorAdjectivesComposurePronounsAdverbs
Author:Jose Saramago
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“Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat...giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy; Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”

IfsWorldGivingDoeFacesJoyGriefExistencePossibilityWallSorrowEvidenceUniversalFinalsDefeatDenyTalesFairyFairy TaleGlimpseFleetingDeliverancePoignant
Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
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“Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul satisfaction that can steady them, and are experiencing instead, a lingering sense that there is something more important they should be doing . . .as if what is quietly achieved in righteous individual living or in parenthood are not sufficiently spectacular.”

IfsShouldImportantSoulSpiritIndividualQuietSatisfactionParenthoodSteadyRighteousSpectacularCopingSeemingLingeringOrdinariness
Author:Neal A. Maxwell
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