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“Like everything else" - Meg spoke to the few remaining cauliflower heads - "it's falling apart. It's not right in the United States of America that a little kid shouldn't be safe in school.”

Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

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Madeleine L'Engle

American writer, born on November 29, 1918, and died on September 6, 2007. Madeleine L'Engle is renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels, with her most famous work being 'A Wrinkle in Time'. more

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