#amps

The poor spend all their free time drinking. It helps cope with the terrible drudgery of obtaining food stamps. An ethic of alcoholism prevails among the upper class too, but they use leisure to deal with it. ↗

— Bauvard

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#drinking #food-stamps #funny #humor #leisure

He reads every book in his home but it is not enough. The country boy craves stories. He devours every poem and fable in his school and library. Still he hungers. For stories. ↗

— Jennifer Lanthier

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#freedom-of-speech #journalism #prison #stamps #writing

The bark on the tree was just a little softer. ↗

— Louis Sachar

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#character #friendship #punishment #friendship