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61 " we tensed for the moment of entry, the butterflies swarming in their familiar, nervous dance in our stomachs; "
― Pat Conroy , The Lords of Discipline
62 " She wore defeat like a piece of cheap jewelry. “Worshiping them. Anointing them with oil, Mrs. Gervais,” I said. "
63 " He tells me that teaching is the art of theft: of knowing what to steal and from whom. "
64 " There is no such thing as morality in these distressing times. What we are witnessing is the death of courtesy in Western civilization. I don't speak of the mincing, effete courtesy of these desperate times, but the virile, robust courtesy born in the most violent of times, the Middle Ages. I lament the passing of that form of chivalry which was the way that civilized men had agreed to treat each other during times of peace. It was a code and a hallmark of civilization, and men would rather have died by their own hand than break the code. "
65 " As Tradd approached me I turned my back toward him and found myself facing an antique mirror that reflected our three images in tarnished, "
66 " one afflicted with all the hurt and burden and grandeur of memory. I wondered if they could see the difference. "