“The vine needs to suffer. Going down into this earth-fighting to survive among the stones, among the lime rock—this is what gives it its aroma. Its taste. Its unique character. These grapes will create a wine few other vineyards can
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“Getting you to lose your hope the biggest weapon they gots. So our best weapon is to hold on to hope, however we can.”
― Mustard Seed
― Mustard Seed
“Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your own home.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“every Rebel guerilla and jayhawker, every man who ran to Canada to avoid the draft, every bounty-jumper, every deserter, every cowardly sneak that ran from danger and disgraced his flag,… every villain, of whatever name or crime, who loves power more than justice, slavery more than freedom, is a Democrat.”
― Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
― Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
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