Judith Quotes

“I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well, I don't think I want to go. I want to be my own design.”
― Clive Barker, Imajica

“Because she is not small. She is not weak. She will never, ever be feebleminded,
And above all, she is outraged.
The world will tell you not to be outraged, love. They will tell you to sit quietly, be kind. Be a lady.
And when they do? Be Judith instead.”
― Joy McCullough, Blood Water Paint

“Virtue will cut your head off, vice will only cut your hair.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Bette

“Part of me thinks we're fools to trust either of the, Hapexamendios or His Reconciler. If He was such a loving God, why did He do so much harm? And don't tell me He moves in mysterious ways because that's so much horse shit and we both know it. ”
― Clive Barker

“Beside the plain blue homespun and white linen which modestly clothed Aunt Rachel and Judith, Kit’s flowered silk gave her the look of some vivid tropical bird lighted by mistake on a strange shore.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

“Czy młodość, piękność, może ci być drogą,
Gdy młodą, piękną nie masz być dla kogo?
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Siła u wielkich mierzy się zapałem;
Słaba kobieta więc, wśród mdłego gminu,
Nabywa prawa do wielkiego czynu.
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Każda kobieta wymagać ma prawo,
By mąż w złej dobie był radą i sławą;
Trwożność mężowi mąż wybaczyć może,
Kobieta nigdy. Wybaczym podporze,
Jeśli się złamie; lecz duch nasz nieskory
Wybaczać samą potrzebę podpory.”
― Hebbel, Friedrich