A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment.
Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening. - Jessica Mitford
Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.
- Jessica Mitford
A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and wh… - Jessica Mitford
A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and wh…
Prison walls are meant not only to keep convicts in, but to keep the would-be investigator out. - Jessica Mitford
Prison walls are meant not only to keep convicts in, but to keep the would-be investigator out.
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.' - Jessica Mitford
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees. - Jessica Mitford
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.
the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large. - Jessica Mitford
the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane, is the ultimate expression of injustice and inhumanity in the society at large.
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. - Jessica Mitford
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.
I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men t… - Jessica Mitford
I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men t…
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. - Jessica Mitford
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.
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