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Author - William Maxwell
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children
The world (including Drapervilleh is not a nice place, and the innocent and the young have to take their....
parents
There is nothing so difficult to arrive at as the nature and personality of one's parents. Death, about....
imagination
If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.'(from....
happiness
Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.
grief
It seemed like a mistake. And mistakes ought to be rectified, only this one couldn't be. Between the....
value
It is impossible to say why people put so little value on complete happiness.
kindness
They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread....
lawyers
They had stopped shouting at each other and put their faith in legal counsel. With the result that how....
corn
At that period, rising in the world meant giving up working with your hands in favor of work in a store....
the past
What we, or at any rate what I, refer to confidently as memory--meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that....
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