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“I do not believe that a dog can be cured by a psychiatrist, but I think some owners could be helped by one.”
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“God have mercy, that such a young man should have to chew the black earth!”
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“At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experiences of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.”
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“Those who trust us educate us.”
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“The church belongs to its hierarchy, which is men in power. Those outside the hierarchy, and especially women, are at best only renters and at worst squatters in religious territory.”
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“When she was about sixty-eight years old, Brave Orchid took a day off to wait at San Francisco International Airport for the plane that was bringing her sister to the United States. She had not seen Moon Orchid for thirty years. She had begun this waiting at home, getting up a half-hour before Moon Orchid's plane took off in Hong Kong. Brave Orchid would add her will power to the forces that keep an airplane up.”
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“When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.”
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“The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.”