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Posted on November 13, 2022

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.”—Jane Wagner, American writer, 1935–

Posted on August 25, 2022

“Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”—James Baldwin, American writer, 1924-1987

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

“We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.”—William Arthur Ward, American writer, 1921-1994

Posted on February 13, 2021September 23, 2022

“She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B.”—Dorothy Parker, American poet, 1893-1967

Posted on January 5, 2021

“One more drink and I’ll be under the host.”—Dorothy Parker, American writer, 1893-1967

Posted on November 29, 2020

“Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.”—Frank Moore Colby, American writer, 1865-1925

Posted on September 18, 2020

“Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.”—Susan Sontag, American writer, 1933-2004

Posted on May 6, 2018May 6, 2018

“The land of the dull and the home of the literal.”—Gore Vidal, American writer, 1925-2012

Posted on August 27, 2017August 27, 2017

“Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”—Elbert Hubbard, American writer, 1856-1915

Posted on April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

“High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else.”—Kurt Vonnegut, American writer, 1922-2007

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