
“Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree

“This acute, 鈥渁 selfdissolving contradiction,鈥 Marx had very precisely seen and foreseen that 鈥渋t establishes a monopoly in certain spheres and thereby requires state interference.鈥 This contradiction 鈥渞eproduces a new financial aristocracy鈥 (how much Marx was right!), no matter it will call itself Communist Party of Soviet Union or DuPont Financial Circle. It reproduces 鈥渁 new variety of parasites . . . , a whole system of swindling and cheating by means of corporation promotion, stock issuance, and stock speculation.”
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
― Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

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

“In a mile-eating trot, I moved along. I had the wind of a deer, the muscles of a country boy, a heart full of dog love, and a strong determination.”
― Where the Red Fern Grows
― Where the Red Fern Grows

“He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession.
听&谤诲辩耻辞;
― The Three Witches and the Master
听&谤诲辩耻辞;
― The Three Witches and the Master
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