It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is bitter for the young to see what awful innocence adults grow into, that terrible vulnerability that must be sheltered from the rodent mire of childhood. — Katherine Dunn 0 Young Adult ...
The Spanish-American War of 1898 was a short conflict that had been simmering for months, as America watched Spain and Cuba duke it out, as Cuba fought for independence from its Spanish masters. During this conflict, the American battleship, the USSMaineexploded and was sunk in Havana Harbour...
21. “Just before you break through the sound barrier, the cockpit shakes the most.”— Chuck Yeager Related25 Crooked Kingdom Quotes from the Fantasy Novel 22. “It wasn’t that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.”— Chuck Yeager 23. “In...
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1. The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. ― Henri J.M. Nouwen 2.Big-heartedness is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. – Matthew Fox 3.Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. ― Walt Whitman ...
93. "When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder." — Natalie Gulbis 94. "Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything ...
If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds … its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate concerns’ of children to have ‘adequate’ and ‘equal’ access to ‘free’ french fries, lemonade and videos. — Hans-Hermann Hoppe 81 Strangely enough, the first character...
31. “What’s the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that’s what I always say.” —Cassandra Clare 27 0 Download 10 Wallpapers 32. “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the face of the person who gav...
Secret Lemonade Drinker: "Moc-moc-a-moc! Ich liebe dich, lemonaden.""IT'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN!: 'Shalom.'""Mind you, we can't get into our local Electronics Boutique because we've been barred for lowering the tone."Original, unedited version of the above: "Mind you, we can't get ...
To steal from many is research. - AnonymousChoose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you. - Yasser ArafatDo not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket! - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)...