Krista Errickson

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“…we must be careful not to do our enemies’ work for them. To argue that to preserve our freedoms we must suspend our freedoms, that to safeguard elections we must cancel elections, that to defend ourselves from dictatorship we must appoint a dictator – what logic is this?”
― Robert Harris, Dictator

tags: dictator, historical-fiction, orator, robert-harris, rome

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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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“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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“The future belongs to those who dare—but also to those who don’t check their mailboxes too often.”
― Janus Lucky, The Birthmark Murders: "Death is a Cabaret, Old Chum."

tags: clever, funny, insightful, witty-comebacks

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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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