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“I believe such compassion and prudence is good politics on the part of Mother Marina. If our convent cannot be completely virtuous, better to give the appearance of being so. Thus she keeps her nuns happy as well as the government and the church.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“Phil, we're the laughing stock of the nation,"
    said Hobbs Creek mayor to police chief, "We
    have a cop who faints at the sight of blood!”
― Kyle Keyes, Under the Bus

“miserable. Then”
― Jacob Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Tales

“No Victory Without Suffering”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“A nation is not made welthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.”
― Adam Smith

“stymie”
― Jean M. Auel, The Earth's Children Series 6-Book Bundle: The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone, The Land of Painted Caves

“But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“In the Book of Genesis, Abraham believes that God is commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son as proof of his love and obedience. But just as Abraham is about to thrust the knife into his terrified child, an angel grasps his hand and there in the thicket is a sheep that God has provided for the sacrifice. Most people find this story horrifying, but what my father taught me that day was this: No matter how sacred the calling appears, it is not God’s will for parents to sacrifice their children.”
― Katherine Paterson, Stories of My Life

“Thinking little at all about nothing in particular.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments of lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.”
― Richard Bach