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“Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. He gambled for support and I gave it to him.”
― Twelve Angry Men
― Twelve Angry Men
“It strikes her suddenly how it must have been for those men trapped in the bowels of that great ship, sinking down to their watery grave, and how they are all the same when it comes to the end of it. From the Vice-Admiral right down to the lad who scrubs the decks - when you go, you are brought to nothing, regardless of how high you have climbed.”
― Queen's Gambit
― Queen's Gambit
“Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft tea-cakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.”
― The Crucible
― The Crucible
“In an ordinary crime, how does one defend the accused? One calls up witnesses to prove his innocence. But witchcraft is ipso facto, on its face and by its nature an invisible crime, is it not? The witch and the victim. None other. Now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself; granted? Therefore, we must rely upon her victims - and they do testify, the children certainly do testify.”
― The Crucible
― The Crucible
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