Katherine Paterson - Jacob Have I Loved (1980)

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But to fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Katherine Paterson

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?

Katherine Paterson

The reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day.

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Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied.

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February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.

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Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse — except August.

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