A man can stand up to anything with a good weapon in his ha… - Esther Forbes

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A man can stand up to anything with a good weapon in his hands. Without it, he's but a dumb beast.

Esther Forbes

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Esther Louise Forbes (June 28, 1891 – August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society.

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"How old are you, Johnny?" she asked.
"Sixteen."
"And what's that — a boy or a man?"
He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war."

On rocky islands gulls woke.

Human relations never seem to stand completely still. This apple, for instance. It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.

A man can stand up to anything with a good weapon in his hands. Without it, he's but a dumb beast. - Esther Forbes

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