Sandy

“Soul. Yes. Whatever it is called, it was not deceived by my belief in the rightness of what I was doing, even if I’d managed to deceive myself.”
― J.N. Chaney, Blackest Ocean

“Because in my experience, patriotism, while a fine quality, can fuel quite a dangerous agenda if taken to the extreme.”
― David Baldacci, The Escape

“No matter our personal dedication to goodness and justice, we are all, in greater or lesser measure, complicit in the injustices of the society which we tolerate. Even if we tolerate it for the best of reasons, it is a constant struggle not to be consumed by the self-contempt that such accommodation threatens to breed in any person of conscience.”
― Charles E. Gannon, 1636: Calabar's War

“Paeonies,” said Miss Marple as she rose from table, “are most unaccountable. Either they do—or they don’t do. But if they do establish themselves, they are with you for life, so to speak, and really most beautiful varieties nowadays.”
― Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington