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“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.”
― Civil Disobedience
― Civil Disobedience
“...God bless the man who first taught the world how to cure olives. He and the man who invented cheese are two unsung pillars of civilization."
"They were probably women," muttered Fatima, fanning her face with the sleeve of her robe. "If they were men, we would remember their names.”
― The Bird King
"They were probably women," muttered Fatima, fanning her face with the sleeve of her robe. "If they were men, we would remember their names.”
― The Bird King
“I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.”
― Kushiel's Scion
― Kushiel's Scion
“There’s a great essay about this by Aubrey Hirsch. She says judging another mother is like critiquing a woman being eaten by wolves. “That’s not what I want to do,” Hirch writes. “I want to say ‘Hey, Mama! You looked like a badass bitch taking on those wolves!’ and ‘Aren’t those wolves crazy?!’ and ‘Tell me how you’re surviving these wolf attacks.”
― The Wrong Way to Save Your Life: Essays
― The Wrong Way to Save Your Life: Essays
“There would be love, and while it was mine, I could cling to it. I could rejoice -- in life, in the existence of love. In the existence of people like Phedre and Joscelin. Although the standards they set were impossibly high, still, I could rejoice that such courage and compassion existed in the world. I could hope and aspire.”
― Kushiel's Scion
― Kushiel's Scion
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