David

“suppression of free speech is a symptom of tyranny.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.”
― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

“We have forgotten that the prosperity, safety, life expectancy, stability and freedoms we enjoy did not just fall out of the sky. They were built, over centuries, on philosophical and moral foundations that have withstood the test of time. They were defended over and over again by our ancestors who bled to defend them. They were refined in the crucible of fierce political and ideological debates.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West