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Educationexpand_moreThey taught us do not touch it, but who can keep from touching it?
Art touches the soul and moves life in ways that commerce cannot. E. L. Doctorow noted that writers seem to get business ideas almost right.
The excuse, of course, was that men had to support families.
We will use my entire bed and all my dishes, make dirty each chair.
Devanand Simon was twenty-five when the bodies fell from the sky.
“It was not wartime sentiment that moved me to ask you here.”
If everyone’s lost on the roads, you might as well fly. Enjoy your life.
He fell to the floor and begged the gods. The gods were silent.
Karen was, in that moment, nothing, emptiness. She was oblivion.
For one hundred years I followed old people to learn what I was in for.
I let the baby mouse live because I cannot kill what has ears.
“Even though we aren’t carrying out the deed, we are the most responsible.”
I should never have the notebook and the pencil in the right pockets.
We are like a village here, separated from the rest of the world.
One door teaches to read for meaning and pleasure. Another shuts.
He was gentle and slow, like a blind man washing dishes.
Since I was little I was always wondering, What makes people tick?
Their mother was the real beauty of the family, or so everyone said.
When Roy got to school he told his friend Jimmy Boyle about the dead body.
Tell me our species matters more, tell me that, and I, I will crawl back.
I tried mightily, but no longer could I ladle those ancient words into the air.
“You need me,” says the mind. “I just want what’s best for you.”
When push comes to shove, I can get downright Aeolian on you, son.
Tears sometimes come in a bottle. Open and apply several times daily.
Women should hate it when people whistle at their backs as they walk past.
He knows what she’s seeking, and he knows she won’t find it.
I grew accustomed to seeing the sun rise and set from the school.
He’s weirdly hard to pay attention to, even when he’s threatening you.
