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In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. ↗

— Alice Walker

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The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#men #name #nerves #only #pessimism

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#logic #mind #often #others #own

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#ever #hiding #you

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#basic #invite #just #presidents #question

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#full #good #good stories #got #history

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#any #background #college #come #european

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

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