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“Mystical state, madness, how it frightens people. How utterly crazy they become, remote, rude, peculiar, cruel, taunting, farouche as wild beasts who have smelled danger, the unthinkable.”
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“Traveling with Mami to Puerto Rico was a little like being around Rip van Winkle on the day he woke up. She wore an expression of constant wonderment: everything surprised her by how much it had changed, except for the things that surprised her because they were just as she remembered them.”
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“Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag.”
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“Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.”
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“Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you are wallowing in indecision, you certainly can't act — and action is the basis of success.”
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“She was one of those ... women who seem to think that youth is a matter of bright clothes, make-up, and incessant conversation ...”
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“I want to feel myself part of things, of the great drift and swirl: not cut off, missing things, like being sent to bed early as a child, the blinds being drawn while the sun and cheerful voices came through the chink from the garden.”
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“The climax of terror is reached when the police state begins to devour its own children, when yesterday's executioner becomes today's victim.”