The Stand
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They solved everything the same way Alexander solved the Gordian knot—by cutting it in two with his sword.”
“Who would not exchange a husband for a lover who would thrill rather than comfort?”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
“Daisy looked up at him with the kind of expression that Jesus might have given someone who had just explained that he was probably allergic to bread and fishes, so could He possibly do him a quick chicken salad: there was pity in that expression, along with almost infinite compassion.”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“I agree eventually there has to be negotiations but I believe negotiations need to be fair and just, and a guarantee that they will not move onto another generation. Sinn Fein and the IRA have not done that. They sentenced young people, young Republicans and young working-class people to another generation of fighting.”
― Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland
― Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland
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