“THERE WILL BE no Thanksgiving this week,” announced Matthew when he came home at noontime the next day. “It seems we have no authority here in Connecticut to declare our own holidays. His Excellency, the new governor, will declare a Thanksgiving when it pleases him.”
― The Witch of Blackbird Pond
― The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“And as men believe, so their world goes." - Merlin”
― The Mists of Avalon
― The Mists of Avalon
“Though your steps may falter
persevere with the climb,
You will achieve the summit
at the appropriate time.”
― Sacrifice For A Kingdom
persevere with the climb,
You will achieve the summit
at the appropriate time.”
― Sacrifice For A Kingdom
“Even when I'm alone I have real good company — dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. But I love friendships — and nice, jolly little times with people.”
― Anne's House of Dreams
― Anne's House of Dreams
“The life of a human being, let alone his personal freedom, is a matter of no importance. But the love of freedom is native to every human being and every nation, and cannot be suppressed in the long term. History teaches us that tyranny has never endured. And now we have blood-guilt on our conscience for the dreadful injustice of murdering the Jewish inhabitants.”
― The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
― The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
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