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“Eleanor Roosevelt’s determination to rise above her personal pain gave the world one of its great leaders.”
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives

“Maybe that's nature's way. Making people you once loved less lovable, so that it won't be so hard when they go.”
― The Divide
― The Divide

“Hello, Jake, I’m so glad you could come,” Sunny (as Madame Hoo was now called) said, shaking the hand of the chairman of the State Gambling Commission.”
― The Westing Game
― The Westing Game

“The Ganeva conference on Indochina agreements stated that the south of Vietnam would be handed over to a provisional administration after two years at the most and that general elections would be held in 1956 at the latest, giving Vietnam a single and united government. (due to American actions, the agreements were never put into place)”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something”
― Eragon
― Eragon
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