"Davy lets fly an oath and storms out of the hold. We hear his fist hit the wall as he leaves. you really are an evil girl, says Jaimy. I know, I murmur. I shall have to pay."

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Source : L. A. Meyer (2004). “Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

L.A. Meyer

#Girl Quotes #Wall Quotes #Evil Quotes

“I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen.”
“Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.”
“War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else. War is not a natural state. It is an imposition, and a damned unhealthy one. With its rules, we willingly yield our humanity. Speak not of just causes, worthy goals. We are takers of life.”
“A person who can, within a year, solve x2 - 92y2 = 1 is a mathematician.”
“I know whatever my father did, in his own way, he still loved me.”
“If you're going to change the food system, there is a lot that you, the consumer, can do on your own; but in the end, it will be very important to make changes at the national level.”
“The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?”
“Someone asked me what three things I would save if my house was on fire. I said my cat, my salamander and one of the twins.”

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