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Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, ch. 13.

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Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.

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Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 471-485. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.

Have regrets. They are fuel.

Geoff Dyer

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Dyer, Geoff. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 1." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one.

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

Salmon P. Chase

Texas v. White

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Chase, Salmon P. United States, Supreme Court. Texas v. White. United States Reports, vol. 74, 12 Apr. 1869, pp. 700-743. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/74/700/.

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Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." Monthly Magazine, July 1827.

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Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt. Vol. 9, Routledge, 2020.

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Riley, James Whitcomb [published as Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone County]. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems. Indianapolis: George C. Hitt & Co., 1883, st. 5.

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Riley, James Whitcomb. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." Little Orphant Annie and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2011, st. 5.

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The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

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James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

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Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1.

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Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 3.

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Crowfoot. Farewell to his people. 25 Apr. 1890, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. "On Dreams." The Collected Works of Sir Thomas Browne. Norwich: Fletcher and Son, c. 1835.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. "On Dreams." Sir Thomas Browne: The Major Works, edited by C. A. Patrides. Penguin Classics, 1977.

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Bradbury, Ray. "Usher II." The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, 1950.

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Parkinson, C. Northcote. The Law and the Profits. Houghton Mifflin, 1960, ch. 1.

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

Naomi Klein

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Klein, Naomi. "From Pots to Politics." The Guardian, 11 May 2003, www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/12/argentina.comment

That action is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.

Francis Hutcheson

An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue

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Hutcheson, Francis. An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. London: J. Darby, 1726, treatise 2, sect. 3, subsect. 8.

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Hutcheson, Francis. An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, edited by Wolfgang Leidhold. Liberty Fund, 2008.

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Hubbard, Elbert. "Thomas Arnold." Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers. The Roycrofters, 1908.

Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark.

Mark Van Doren

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Doren, Mark Van. "Wit." Collected Poems 1922–1938. Henry Holt & Company, 1939, st. 1.

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Auden, W. H. Quoted in World Within World, by Stephen Spender. Hamish Hamilton/Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1951.

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Carter, Jimmy. Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 4 May 1978, Los Angeles, CA, USA.