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“Her mind seemed to have no room for anything but the crowded eventlessness of her everyday life.”
― The Glass Palace
― The Glass Palace
“What do Americans know about morality? They don’t want their presidents to have penises but they don’t mind if their presidents covertly arrange to support the Nicaraguan rebel forces after Congress has restricted such aid; they don’t want their presidents to deceive their wives but they don’t mind if their presidents deceive Congress—lie to the people and violate the people’s constitution!”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“I made her some coffee—real coffee, not instant, though I didn’t use my antique wooden grinder. I have never used my antique wooden grinder. It is useless. Then I sent her on her way. I was glad to see the back of her.”
― The Seven Sisters
― The Seven Sisters
“Barb Miller
Fri, Jun 21, 4:40 PM (3 days ago)
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How do men convince themselves that others must die so they might live? She thinks of Maria, who owned so little and who left so quietly, and of Licinius telling her about the Greeks camped outside the walls of Troy for ten years, and of the Trojan women trapped inside, weaving and worrying, wondering whether they would ever walk the fields or swim in the sea again, or whether the gates would fall, and they would have to watch their babies be tossed over the ramparts to die.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
Fri, Jun 21, 4:40 PM (3 days ago)
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How do men convince themselves that others must die so they might live? She thinks of Maria, who owned so little and who left so quietly, and of Licinius telling her about the Greeks camped outside the walls of Troy for ten years, and of the Trojan women trapped inside, weaving and worrying, wondering whether they would ever walk the fields or swim in the sea again, or whether the gates would fall, and they would have to watch their babies be tossed over the ramparts to die.”
― Cloud Cuckoo Land
“When Flora got married, she was fourteen. Now she has three kids and the village wells are dry and the nearest reliable water source is a two-hour walk from her home. Here in the Funhalouro District adolescent moms like Flora spend about six hours a day searching for and transporting water. Yesterday she walked three hours to harvest water lilies from a lake so her kids would have something to eat. And what do our most enlightened leaders suggest we do? Switch to e-billing. Buy three LED bulbs and get a free tote bag. Earth has eight billion people to feed and the extinction rate is a thousand times higher than it was at pre-human levels. This is not something we fix with tote bags.
Excerpt from: "Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel" by Anthony Doerr. Scribd.
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Excerpt from: "Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel" by Anthony Doerr. Scribd.
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