"I want a place. It has to do with the kind of person I want to be. And how I fit in to everything. I want people to listen when I open my mouth. And know I'm worth listening to." She stared at me. "That's all?" To me it was not all, it was everything."

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Source : Ann Rinaldi (1993). “The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Ann Rinaldi

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“Nothing has changed the nature of man so much as the loss of silence,”

Source : Max Picard (1952). “The World of Silence”
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“What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love of liberty...You're the state where the shot heard round the world in Lexington and Concord.”
“When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait for something else to show up... invite the muses to bring you a new solution.”
“Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.”
“One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.”
“The greatest work God ever performs was not the creation of the universe out of nothing, but is the new creation of saints out of sinners.”
“Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?”

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