Krista Errickson

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Krista’s Quotes

“In an authoritarian system, the masses suffer from a guilty conscience even when they insist on their rights before the dictator's eyes.”
― Elmar Hussein

tags: authoritarianism, dictator, guilty-conscience, the-masses

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“But the mind is its own place, as Milton said, it can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. How does it do that? By remembering, or forgetting. The only tricks a mind can play.”
― Sara Collins

tags: milton, mind-games, trauma

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“Prince Nicholas wrote: ' If your house is broken into and plundered and finally set on fire by persons whom you considered to be your best friends, have the latter any right to call you a 'traitor' because, in despair, you opened your window and screamed for help?”
― Julia P. Gelardi, Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

tags: czar-nicholas-said-this, russia, traitor

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“A stab from a friend cuts deeper than a stab from a foe.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

tags: backstabbers, backstabbing, betrayal, deceive, expectation, family, friendship, renegade, traitor, trust

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“Ignatov: "...History has shown charm to be the final ambition of the leisure class. What I do find surprising is that the author of the poem in question could have become a man so obviously without purpose. "
Rostov: "I have lived under the impression that a man's purpose is known only to God."
Ignatov: "Indeed. How convenient that must have been for you.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

tags: battle-of-wits, inquisition, rejoinder, repartee, sarcasm, witty-comebacks

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