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“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.”
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“Dad, who knew that Mother’s favorite poet was Browning and suspected where the Robert came from, nevertheless bunched the fingers of his right hand, kissed their tips, and threw his hand into the air. “Ah, Robert,” he intoned, “if I could but taste the nectar of thy lips.”
― Cheaper by the Dozen
― Cheaper by the Dozen
“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”
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“Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone.”
― Cheaper by the Dozen
― Cheaper by the Dozen
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”
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