"Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today."

-- Scott Yanow

“Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.”
“Shawn Carter was born December 4th, Weighing in at 10 pounds, 8 ounces. He was the last of my 4 children, The only one who didn't give me any pain when I gave birth to him. ...And that's how I knew that he was a special child.”
“You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.”
“And when [BÃ«or] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the death of weariness which they knew not in themselves; and they grieved greatly for the loss of their friends. But BÃ«or at the last had relinquished his life willingly and passed in peace; and the Eldar wondered much at the strange fate of Men, for in all their lore there was no account of it, and its end was hidden from them.”
“I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed.”
“By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.”
“The action comes at us through a buzz of nattering remarks.”
“Society is based on discontent: people wanting more and more and more, being continually dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their decor, their clothes, everything.”

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