"A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind."

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Source : Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.239, The Floating Press

Margaret Deland

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“Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.”
“GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels.”
“Have you ever had something happen to you that there was simply no explanation for? That you can't chalk up to a coincidence, or an accident, or even fate?”
“If clothes can help you see yourself on your best day, why shouldn't every day be that day?”
“Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?”
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.”
“I had been playing with my local band, Skinny Cat. I had been to quite a few auditions before UFO, managed to get the gig and then not want to do it!”
“God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.”

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