"Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped."

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Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake”, p.51, Random House

Aimee Bender

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“As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.”

Source : Said to Otto von Bismarck in June 1878. " Around the World with General Grant". Book by John Russell Young. Volume 7, p. 416, www.granthomepage.com. 1879.
“Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August.”
“In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding a hole in the ground to prevent anyone from stealing it. God bless the American educational system!”
“By the choices we make, by the attitudes we exhibit, we are influencing lives every day in positive or negative ways.”
“Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition...”
“Why can't a woman be more like a man?”

Source : 'My Fair Lady' (1956) 'A Hymn to Him' (music by Frederick Loewe)
“I shall soon be laid in the quiet grave--thank God for the quiet grave--O! I can feel the cold earth upon me--the daisies growing over me--O for this quiet--it will be my first.”
“The Presidents plan to privatize Social Security would actually take away guaranteed benefits and put the promise of a secure retirement in jeopardy.”

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