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“Kindness is stronger than iron bars.”

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Margaret George is a renowned British historian, born on January 19, 1943. She is known for her research on British historical figures, particularly her biographies of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. more

“One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so on. In truth they are indistinguishable from any other, which is one reason we feel mocked, as if the world is telling us we are inconsequential.”

Ifs World Life Feels Reason Darkness Imagine Extraordinary Storm Imagine That Lightning Noon Inconsequential Darkness At Noon

Book:Elizabeth I: The Novel

Source: Elizabeth I: The Novel

“It is only when our fate hangs in the balance, when our very life depends on something, that we see whether or not we trust that the rope to which we are clinging will support us. If we do not, then we let of of the ledge and swing on it with our full weight.”

Ifs Support Fate Depends Balance Weight Swings Rope Clinging Ledges

Book:The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra

“We are more than our bodies, it is true; but we cannot be divorced from them. They are us, and the only way in which we can see one another. Perhaps the gods are above this, but in their mercy, they have given us the guise of bodies.”

Way Body Given Mercy Divorced Guise

Book:The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel

Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel

“I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.”

Heaven Acting Hell Rewards Punishment Scare Bribe Without Hope Heaven Or Hell

Book:The Sparrow

Source: The Sparrow

“Tradition was safety; change was danger.”

Danger Tradition Safety

Book:The Sparrow

Source: The Sparrow

“When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who's selling fear.”

Men Way Children Advice Offers Vote Selling

Author:Mary Doria Russell

“If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.”

Ifs Answers Clever Yield Apes

Book:The Sparrow

Source: The Sparrow

“My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby looks back up at you and you can feel how pure and innocent it is, so much that it makes your stomach feel empty - probably 'cause you realize you used to be pure like that, too, and now you're not.”

Feels Looks Littles Feelings Eye Used Causes Realizing Baby Pure Empty Innocent Used To Be Staring Chests Stomach Weird Feeling

Author:Matt de la Pena

“The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed me up to accomplish absolutely anything.”

Self Feelings Understood Accomplish Pity Combination Odd Excitement Meaningless Self Pity

Author:Matt de la Pena

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