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My wife and I had called on Miss Stein, and she and the friend who lived with her had been very cordial and friendly and we had loved the big studio w...more

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Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

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That's my town,' Joaquin said. 'What a fine town, but how the buena gente, the good people of that town, have suffered in this war.' Then, his face gr...more

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Are you a communist?""No I am an anti-fascist""For a long time?""Since I have understood fascism.

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Dying was nothing and he had no picture of it nor fear of it in his mind. But living was a field of grain blowing in the wind on the side of a hill. L...more

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I love thee as I love all that we have fought for. I love thee as I love liberty and dignity and the rights of all men to work and not be hungry. I lo...more

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I hope I am not for the killing, Anselmo was thinking. I think that after the war there will have to be some great penance done for the killing. If we...more

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You felt, in spite of all bureaucracy and inefficiency and party strife something that was like the feeling you expected to have and did not have when...more

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He smelled the odor of the pine boughs under him, the piney smell of the crushed needles and the sharper odor of the resinous sap from the cut limbs. ...more

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I have watched them all day and they are the same men that we are. I believe that I could walk up to the mill and knock on the door and I would be wel...more

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You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.

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You're going to have things to repent, boy,' Mr. John had told Nick. 'That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent ...more

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Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.

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Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luc...more

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Then he was sorry for the great fish... How many people will he feed?.. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course, not. There is no one worthy of ...more