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“Nature has decreed that for what men suffer by having to shave, be killed in battle, and eat the legs of chickens, women make amends by housekeeping, childbirth, and writing all the letters for both of them.”

Men Writing Suffering Battle Letters Legs Chickens Childbirth Housekeeping Amends

Book:A pocketful of pebbles

Source: A pocketful of pebbles

“Buonaparte is certainly writing, or rather dictating, his memoirs. He walks backwards and forwards with his hands behind him, and dictates so fast that two or three of his suite are obliged to be in attendance, that the one may take down one-half of a sentence, and another the rest; they then literally compare notes, and put the disjointed legs and wings and heads of periods together. This is writing a book as he fought a battle.”

Source: The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange

“When after many battles past, Both tir'd with blows, make peace at last, What is it, after all, the people get? Why! taxes, widows, wooden legs, and debt.”

People War Lasts Past Battle Taxes Blow Legs Debt Widows Making Peace Wars And Battles

Author:Francis Daniels Moore

“why can't we love the right people? what is so wrong with us that we rush into situations to which we are manifestly unsuited, which will hurt us and others? why are we given emotions which we cannot control and which move in exact contradiction to what we really want? we are walking conflicts, internal battles on legs.”

People Want Moving Given Hurt Emotion Situation Walking Battle Conflict Legs Contradiction Internals Love Hurt

Book:The Other Side of the Story

Source: The Other Side of the Story

“Yelling a battle cry—more to motivate himself than frighten his foes—Lukel grabbed the table leg and swung it at a soldier. The wood bounced off the man's helmet, but the blow was powerful enough to daze him, so Lukel followed it with a solid blow to the face. The soldier dropped and Lukel grabbed his weapon. Now he had a sword. He only wished he knew how to use it.”

Men Enough Use Faces Powerful Cry Battle Weapons Tables Soldier Blow Legs Woods Foe Yelling Helmet Battle Cry Daze

Author:Brandon Sanderson