"The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new."

-- Elizabeth Hardwick

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“The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.”
“The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.”
“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
“Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.”
“I have no regrets about my political activity, only that I sometimes got carried away with it and didn't find the right balance between obligations to my family and my need to be involved in social movements.”
“Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that in more old-fashioned terms we might simply call character.”
“Cormac interrupted. 'Maybe I oughta shoot you both, put you both out of your misery.”

Source : Carrie Vaughn (2010). “Kitty Takes a Holiday”, p.46, Hachette UK

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