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- “...methinks the older that one grows, Inclines us more to laugh the scold, though laughterLeaves us so doubly…”George Gordon Byron
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- “You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.”Jasmine Guy
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Books by Ellen Bass
The Courage to Heal
1988