Historical Quotes
We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able.
West Point—The Key to the Continent and Independence.
I refuse to believe the people of Texas and all Americans in the world have forgotten us.
Do not fret, my brother, my child. For the buffalo will roam the plains once more.
We live in a complicated society, Bromley—one that is changing and which does indeed need to change. But do you not think any change must begin within our own family gathering?
There were no stars, only the darkness and an arctic chill that had intensified since the first thin, blood-red stripes of sunrise shimmered on the ocean’s horizon.
eyes running over me like the work of a hundred biting ants
If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better".
The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful".
She thought of the Good Shepherd with His sheep. Of the Man hanging upon the cross. And the understanding bubbled up within her soul: He makes all things new.
It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.
When the watermelons were as large as a child's head, the women boiled them, but they collapsed into a tasteless green mush that no one could eat, not the children, not the cow.
Saturated Arrogance...she rebuked those about herin darkness did she dwella pathetic historyall mortal man would tell..
Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury
History is all around us and you, my lucky few, are living in some of it..
Only a fool lies brooding over his problems. When the morning comes he's tired out and his problems are the same as before.
I’m not God, and I can’t always offer chances. I’m not sure if this won’t be your last.
When the pieces fell around him, he'd pick them up. It was what he was good at, after all. Restoring what was once lost, what could never be perfectly whole again.
I’m still waiting for something, searching for something I cannot describe.”“It’s called true love. Most people never find it.
People do not ever change. The person you see later is merely the one that was hidden from you in the beginning. Shane KP O'Neill - The Gates Of Babylon.
He breathed in hard. The stench of blood filled his lungs. Only now, for the first time, could he truly appreciate it.
Bodies lay strewn all around. Turkish and Wallachian warriors caught in the intimate indiscriminate embrace of death.
The beauty of a woman is that no two are the same. They are all different. It follows then that to be successful as a lover, you cannot make love to any two in the same way.
A woman that you find different or strange, or whom you may envy or covet is deemed by you all to be a witch! Anything that you do not understand, you deem witchcraft!
Some girls are sweeter… Others have a tinge of bitterness… It is as if I can smell their souls. Their experiences and relationships are painted in warm, sour crimson.
I don't know where we are, but we'll soon find our way home!" Le avventure di Pinocchio
Was Jane now. All Jane. Come calamity or come calm, was myself and none else.
She smells of her cooking and the perfume Eau d'Hadrien. My mother wore it, too. She used to cook, like Lili. Our house smelled of garlic and thyme instead of sadness.
It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.
It's been much harder to forgive myself. My mistake was like a pebble dropped in a pond. The ripple effect has impacted everyone I love.
He (her son) is just like his father, doesn't listen to a word I say!
A man should not glory in what he already knows but in what he has yet to learn.
Not having any drink about ain’t the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a body’s perspective.