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People share when they know they have escaped hunger. Shouldn’t people share because there is hunger?
What’s the point of new shirts and sandals if you lose the last tangible remnant of love?
Whoever invented English must have loved snakes.
People living on others’ goodwill cannot afford political opinions.
So much for rules! Whoever invented English should be bitten by a snake.
Would be simpler if English and life were logical.
Mostly I wish I were still smart. September
I’m practicing to be seen.
every language has annoyances and illogical rules, as well as sensible beauty.
Whoever invented English should have learned to spell.
No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.
Oh, my daughter, at times you have to fight, but preferably not with your fists.
Learn to compromise.
Being stubborn won’t make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you’ll learn not to.
Children do not act in a vacuum. How they behave directly reflects what adults are saying around them. So
