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“Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.”
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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

“Isabel and Alma Trumbo are the sisters who reside in the brick rambler on Church Street. They are a bit, uh, different and unorthodox. Borderline eccentric, some of the townies say, especially Alma.â€�
“What do the borderline eccentric sisters Isabel and Alma know about solving a murder case?�
Dwight gave it a moment’s reflection. “They could probably write a book about it.”
― Fowl Play
“What do the borderline eccentric sisters Isabel and Alma know about solving a murder case?�
Dwight gave it a moment’s reflection. “They could probably write a book about it.”
― Fowl Play

“Nowhere is the English genius of domesticity more notably evident than in the festival of afternoon tea. The [...] chink of cups and the saucers tunes the mind to happy repose.”
― The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
― The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

“If I lie down on my bed I must be here,
But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere.”
― Modern Classics Selected Poems Of Stevie Smith
But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere.”
― Modern Classics Selected Poems Of Stevie Smith

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