Emmanuel Vilcan

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“Haven’t I always said that no amount of beating, ridicule, or degradation could change your beauty, inside or out?”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

tags: biography, dare-to-dream, determination, dreams, grit, hope, inspiring, life-journey, memoir, true-life-events

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“patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of a body politic to one end.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America: Volume 1

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“I was hurting, too. How could she have done such a terrible thing? She was my friend. She treated me like a confidant, and she protected me like a big sister. I loved Tally, and now she had run off with a vicious killer.”
― John Grisham, A Painted House

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“Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you're a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry.”
― Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted

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“David, you have been so kind to me and this gift will always be treasured. I have one last request. Could you show me some of the secret ways in and out of the castle?”
As he spoke the words, the image of the spark of red light appearing from the depths of the castle sprang to his mind again, together with the whispered words, “I am here, Audun.” He knew that one day he would have to return to Aldene and learn the secret of what lay in the deep dungeon below the castle”
― Robert Reid, The Emperor