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“There’s no such thing as ‘settling down’ when you get married. Getting married is the most unsettling thing one can ever do.”
― Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures
― Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures
“Let no man, therefore, lose heart from thinking that he cannot do what others have done before him; for, as I said in my Preface, men are born, and live, and die, always in accordance with the same rules.”
― Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
― Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?”
― The Da Vinci Code
― The Da Vinci Code
“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“What's that Einstein quote about expecting different results from the same person? I shouldn't feel bad - I'm here, aren't I, I'm not the parent who didn't even text. Or the one who locked themselves in their bedroom half of Christmas. Talking like this, it's become clear that we are the main parts. This has all been about us, the sisters. I hadn't realised. I tell my mouth not to share these thoughts and Dana offers me another cigarette.”
― Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes
― Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes
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