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“The U.S. is a cosmetic democracy.”

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John Pilger is a British journalist renowned for his in-depth investigative reporting and exposure of social injustice. Born on October 9, 1939, he has won numerous international journalism awards throughout his career. more

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defence against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”

Heart Hard Cutting Modern Easier Tasks Protection Desert Sentiments Sensibility Jungle Prey Starving Defence Pupils Educator Infallible Propagandist

Book:A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis

Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis

“That was the day my whole world went black. Air looked black. Sun looked black. I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls of my house….Took three months before I even looked out the window, see the world still there. I was surprised to see the world didn’t stop.”

World Stills Whole Three House Black Sun Air Wall Months Bed Window Tragedy Whole World Three Months

Author:Kathryn Stockett

“It weren’t too loo long before I seen something in me, had changed. A bitter seed was planted inside of me. And I just didn’t feel so, accepting, anymore.”

Feels Long Accepting Changed Sad Depression Seeds Bitter

Author:Kathryn Stockett

“I haven’t had the chance to look at too many men’s faces up close. And I noticed how his skin was thicker than mine, and a gorgeous shade of toast. The stiff blond hairs on his cheeks and chin seemed to be growing before my eyes. He smelled like starch. Like pine. His nose wasn’t so pointy afterall. …And out of the blue, he kissed me. Right in the middle of the Robert E. Lee Hotel Restaurant, he kissed me so slowly with an open mouth and every single thing in my body-my skin, my collarbone, the hollow backs of my knees, everything inside of me filled up with light.”

Men Looks Body Light Eye Faces Chance Growing Middle Havens Mines Hair Mouths Skins Blue Filled Noses Knees Restaurants Hotel Shade Cheeks Gorgeous Hollow Chins Toasts Filled Up

Book:The Help

Source: The Help

“A heart's a hard thing to live without. I should know. I've tried it," he said.”

Knows Should Heart Said Hard Hard Things

Book:Hunted: A House of Night Novel

Source: Hunted: A House of Night Novel

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