“Today she was twenty-one. Today she was an adult and could decide things for herself. Today was the beginning of the rest of her life.”
― The Sisters of St Croix
― The Sisters of St Croix
“There was a time, long ago, when the only peaceful moments of her existence were those from the time she opened her eyes in the morning until she attained full consciousness, a matter of seconds until when finally roused she entered the day’s wakeful nightmare.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
“to keep hope alive in a world at war, people had to do things they would never have considered doing before.”
― The Sisters of St Croix
― The Sisters of St Croix
“How could there be a war going on in such a stunningly beautiful world?”
― The Sisters of St Croix
― The Sisters of St Croix
“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
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