“Her unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her neck throbbed with fury in a scene all too familiar. Her reaction switched him off to her instantly as all his worst fears came to life.”
― Taming Flame
― Taming Flame
“I passed a wretched night; for the heat of the swamp, the mosquitos, and the constant terror of snakes, had brought on a burning fever. I had just dropped asleep, when they came and told me it was time to go back to that horrid swamp. I could scarcely summon courage to rise. But even those large, venomous snakes were less dreadful to my imagination than the white men in that community called civilized.”
― Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
― Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
“There are people who are fond of tracing ideas and their connections in unlikely places and old books; I am one of them. I am easily enchanted when an odd idea or phrase looms on a page, often showing an invisible link.”
― Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
― Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
“Via Dolorosa”
― Desecration
― Desecration
“Better is here. Stay, and make it better.”
― I Cheerfully Refuse
― I Cheerfully Refuse
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