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1 " Only, I felt, by some such attempt to write history in terms of personal life could I rescue something that might be of value, some element of truth and hope and usefulness, from the smashing up of my own youth by the war. "
― Vera Brittain , Testament of Youth
2 " The field of asking is fundamentally improvisational. It thrives not in the creation of rules and etiquette but in the smashing of that etiquette.Which is to say: there are no rules.Or, rather, there are plenty of rules, but they ask, on bended knees, to be broken. "
― Amanda Palmer , The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
