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“The weather was as ready as the school and campus. The sky was cloudless and the temperature was expected to top out at 76 degrees. Early morning mowers had sugared the air with the fragrance of freshly mowed grass.”
― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings

“The Black Prince is entombed at Canterbury Cathedral. His effigy reads: “Such as thou art, sometimes was I, Such as I am, such thou shalt be, I thought little on hour of death, So long as I enjoyed breath, On earth I had great riches, Land, houses, great treasure, Horses money and gold, But now a wretched captive am I, Deep in the ground, lo I lie, My beauty great, is all quite gone, My flesh is wasted to the bone.”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

“Get up you lazy bastard. The Governor wants a word with you,” said a guard. 
He opened his eyes and smiled. There was another guard standing near the cell door in 
anticipation of any trouble. The prisoner smiled at him, too. 
Now what can the Governor want from me? He wondered. His dishevelled form seemed 
incapable of coherent thought. “It’s nice of him to remember me,” he said aloud, trying to 
concentrate.
“Surprising he’s got any time for a worthless shit like you,” said the first guard. 
“I once used to be a very important person,” the prisoner said feebly.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“My grandmother said, ‘It doesn’t really matter where you had to go, where you got the ring, or where you played the Super Bowl, all that matters is that you put in the work, you deserved it, and you earned it.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

“In love as as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without love there would be no life, and the world would come to an end.”
― Émile Zola, L'Argent

“Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

“I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I'm not just a clam or ham or a dirty jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am. That's a great thing to be.”
― Dr. Seuss

“— Vou tomar banho agora e quero depilar as pernas.
— Deixa eu verificar as instruções para você.
— Estou autorizada a depilar as pernas. Com supervisão.
— Deixa eu ver – e toca a remexer, a revirar. — Tudo bem. Só um minutinho.
— Estou indo.
Na banheira do tamanho de uma piscina, do tamanho de uma piscina olímpica, funda e comprida, com pés em forma de garras. Clique, estalo, “ronda”...
— Ei! Cadê meu aparelho de barbear?
— Sou apenas a encarregada da ronda.
— Era para eu estar depilando as pernas.
Estalo, clique.
Mais água quente: essas banheiras de hidroterapia são mesmo confortáveis.
Clique, estalo, chega minha supervisora de depilação.
— Trouxe o aparelho de barbear?
Ela o passa para mim. Senta-se em uma cadeira junto à banheira. Eu tenho 18 anos. Ela tem 22. Fica me olhando depilar as pernas.
Havia muitas pernas cabeludas em nosso pavilhão. Precursoras do feminismo.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
― Edward Abbey