“Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.”
― The Return of the King
― The Return of the King
“... the extraordinary autumn weather that always comes as a surprise, when the sun hangs low and gives more heat than in spring, when everything shines so brightly in the rare clear atmosphere that the eyes smart, when the lungs are strengthened and refreshed by inhaling the aromatic autumn air, when even the nights are warm, and when in those dark warm nights, golden stars startle and delight us continually by falling from the sky.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men, and brown men, and yellow men; God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.”
― Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
― Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
“The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.”
― Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
― Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“They were going to look at war, the red
animal--war, the blood-swollen god.”
― The Red Badge of Courage
animal--war, the blood-swollen god.”
― The Red Badge of Courage
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