Vasilena

“ANTISEMITISM, a secular nineteenth-century ideology—which in name, though not in argument, was unknown before the 1870’s—and religious Jew-hatred, inspired by the mutually hostile antagonism of two conflicting creeds, are obviously not the same;”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

“The Vikings did not believe in leaving their futures to the fates, but in carving their own fates . It was believed the gods would reward those who went forth valiantly to conquer and to gain. Vikings gave no account to meekness, or suffering patience. They fought for what they wanted. Defeat held no honor.”
― Johanna Lindsey, Hearts Aflame

“If a woman could win love with her body, the world would have no bastards.”
― Meredith Duran, A Lady's Lesson in Scandal

“Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows