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He stood up and looked down at his bed accusingly, as a man might look at his tormentor. He saw its battered pillow, its blankets slipping to the floor. Sinking to the floor, he amended, staggering to the floor. Perhaps he was the tormentor and the bed his victim.

Laura Z. Hobson

No yellow armband, no marked park bench, no Gestapo. Just here a flick and there another.... But day by day the little thump of insult. Day by day the tapping on the nerves, the delicate assault on the proud stuff of a man's identity.

Laura Z. Hobson

'I'm no antisemite. Why, some of my best — ' 'I know, dear,' Anne put in, 'and some of your other best friends are Methodists, but you never bother saying it.'

Laura Z. Hobson

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?

Laura Z. Hobson

Laura Z. Hobson

Laura Z. Hobson

Born: June 19, 1900

Died: February 28, 1986 (aged 85)

Bio: Laura Z. Hobson was an American novelist best known for her novel, Gentleman's Agreement.

Known for:

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Consenting Adult (1964)
The trespassers (1943)
The celebrity (1951)
First papers (1964)

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