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"Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature."

"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."

"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

"Custom is second nature."

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

"In the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."

"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."
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"This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve."


"I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools."


"The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild."


"Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell."


"The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time."
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