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Books are not men and yet they are alive.


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We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.



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Dreaming men are haunted men.



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Life is not lost by dying! Life is lost, Minute by minute, day by dragging day, In all the thousand, small, uncaring ways...



Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange," you have denied America with that word.

Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange," you have denied America with that word.



Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth.

Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth.



Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name.

Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name.



I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.



Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.



We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.





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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.



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