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“... the crowning absurdity was Sara Ellen's tireless efforts on behalf of the committee for promoting the Democratic nominee for president. Which, in the Deep South, Mrs. Roberts had pointed out out dryly, is like assisting the sun to rise.”
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“... bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.”
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“We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left him hanging in mid-air. Reformers are such part-time pillars of society!”
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“February is the uncertain month, neither black nor white but all shades between by turns. Nothing is sure.”
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“Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.”
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“The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding.”
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“... true self-respect, being very different from false pride, leads inevitably to respecting others ...”
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“A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. ”