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"Omisha is panting, her breath heavy and hot on my face. This is enough...Then she bares her teeth." — 1 hour, 30 min ago
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"In the Western world, with its affluence, a great fear, a strong feeling of emptiness and pointlessness, often hides beneath the beautiful surface of the "good life," because the people take the material world too seriously. Those who succumb to the illusion that they can buy the meaning of life grow unhappy." — Mar 12, 2026 07:49PM
"In the Western world, with its affluence, a great fear, a strong feeling of emptiness and pointlessness, often hides beneath the beautiful surface of the "good life," because the people take the material world too seriously. Those who succumb to the illusion that they can buy the meaning of life grow unhappy." — Mar 12, 2026 07:49PM
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""...It's manna. Manna, Mr. Lomax."
"Manna? That I don't get."
...."Like the Lord sent down to the Israelites, Mr. Lomax. The manna in the desert. That kind of manna." He was continuing to eat while he talked. "It sure has a heavenly taste, and it came right down out of the sky."
----"Manna" by John Christopher" — Nov 30, 2025 09:07AM
""...It's manna. Manna, Mr. Lomax."
"Manna? That I don't get."
...."Like the Lord sent down to the Israelites, Mr. Lomax. The manna in the desert. That kind of manna." He was continuing to eat while he talked. "It sure has a heavenly taste, and it came right down out of the sky."
----"Manna" by John Christopher" — Nov 30, 2025 09:07AM
“But the miracle of the spirit which takes thousands of young men, ties them together in strange self-forgetfulness, and enables them to walk steadfastly and without faltering into the certainty of pain and death was wearing very thin.”
― Mr. Lincoln's Army
― Mr. Lincoln's Army
“His craft had enabled him to perfect the art of dispassion,”
― Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
― Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are.”
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“The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.”
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― Mr. Lincoln's Army
― Mr. Lincoln's Army
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