"Maybe reading was just a way to make her feel less alone, to keep her company. When you read something you are stopped, the moment is stayed, you can sometimes be there more fully than you can in your real life."

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Source : Helen Humphreys (2010). “Coventry: A Novel”, p.111, W. W. Norton & Company

Helen Humphreys

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“I was an angst-y journal writing kid.”
“We have a lot of villains in the world, all right? And the Catholic doctrine says turn the other cheek, the Christian doctrine. But if you turn the other cheek, you could be annihilated. So when is it justifiable to defend yourself and take aggressive action in that regard, like dropping drones on people?”
“It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament.”
“Nothing is true and everything is permitted.”
“Always wear a smile because you never know who is watching.”
“Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.”
“I feel like I'm the winner. I really do.”

Source : "Carrie Prejean Says Answer to Gay Marriage Question Cost Her Miss USA Crown". www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2009.
“A basically dishonest man can survive longer in the church or the classroom than he can in the grain exchange or the furniture business.”

Source : Benjamin A. Rogge (1979). “Can Capitalism Survive?”, Liberty Fund

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