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Exquisite Descriptions
- James Baldwin
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Skyscraper windows:
"A thousand blinding eyes"
- Julia Baird
Victoria the Queen
Describing Queen Victoria:
"...a girl whose heart was wound tight with cords of sentiment and stoicism."
- David Laskin
The Children's Blizzard
On fear:
"...and now he experienced that little seizure that tightens around the heart when you first realize you've taken a step that you cannot reverse."
History repeats itself.
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