“In earlier history when groups of people declared war on each other the leaders always led their troops into battle. It is a great pity we do not have the same system today; perhaps our politicians would think twice before they gambled with the lives of their people.”
― The White Mouse
― The White Mouse
“It’s a battle, really, between me and the pine needles, to see which one of us moves first. But I’m too tired to lose.”
― Beasts Made of Night
― Beasts Made of Night
“She pushed a strand of white hair under the scarf. Surely, it seemed to Sweeney and Wettlaufer, she was the essence of the good deed unselfishly performed, the deed that could save the world if the world wanted saving.”
― The legion of noble Christians: Or, The Sweeney survey
― The legion of noble Christians: Or, The Sweeney survey
“All those times I wanted to quit, slip out through the escape hatch and disappear without a trace. But you weren't having it, no, you and your stubborn love.”
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“Whatever God is He's in them. Not everyone. But in some people. He sort of doles Himself out a little, and He shows up in people where you'd never expect it. Huguette and Father Latour and Kruis and Mr. Munk. God gave a little piece of Himself to make 'em.”
― The legion of noble Christians: Or, The Sweeney survey
― The legion of noble Christians: Or, The Sweeney survey
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