Laura Bush (1946) First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
As quoted in The 21st Century Elementary Library Media Program (2009) by Carl A. Harvey, p. 3
“To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.”
— Anne Rice, book The Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Lestat (1985)
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