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“though they didn’t exactly draw their skirts aside they managed to convey their message.”
― All Things Bright and Beautiful
― All Things Bright and Beautiful
“I would go from being a kind boy to being a very angry one. As time went on, my feelings and outlook on the world festered with the bitterness I felt. Eventually my once-kind heart turned stone cold.”
― Out of the Devils Cauldron
― Out of the Devils Cauldron
“When people grow up in a home where extramarital sex is condoned, they’re much less likely to regard it as a deal-breaker. Jacqueline Bouvier’s father, ‘Black Jack,’ confided in her about his female conquests, even going so far as to play a game with Jackie when he visited her at boarding school. She would point to a classmate’s mother, and Jack would respond, ‘Yes’ or ‘Not yet’ — answering the silent question, had he slept with that one?”
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
“It is one thing to pray, but another thing to watch how God answers - and He does so effortlessly.”
― Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
― Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
“I feel Australian. He feels Czechoslovakian. I am completely home here. I give them [Australia] my children, we do good, we work all our lives, we give Australia a lot.
Libuse Slehofer”
― Suffering, Redemption and Triumph: The first wave of post-war Australian immigrants 1945-66
Libuse Slehofer”
― Suffering, Redemption and Triumph: The first wave of post-war Australian immigrants 1945-66
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