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“Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.”
Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey. Address at the Convocation of the University of British Columbia, May 18, 1954, 1959.
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“That's all you get," said Alpharius, and split him in half. Alpharius sheathed his gladius, and dragged the sabre out of his torso. He tossed it away, and walked through the liter of bodies to where Namatjira was kneeling on the deck. "Please! My lord primarch! Please, I beg you!" Namtjira pleaded, his hands making a desperate namaste. Alpharius drew his boltgun. "Why?" shrieked Namatjira. "Why are you doing this? "For the Emperor," said Alpharius, and pulled the trigger.”
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“There are two activities in life in which we can lovingly and carefully put something inside of someone we love. Cooking is the one we can do three times a day for the rest of our lives, without pills. In both activities, practice makes perfect.”
Source : "An Introduction and Rallying Cry" by Mario Batali, www.esquire.com. August 24, 2011.
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“The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.”
Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.56, VM eBooks
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“I've always believed with age comes wisdom. And I find salt and pepper hair to be very attractive.”
Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
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“It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for simple yet indispensable things.”
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“Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black viewers, and everyone else, of black inferiority.”
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“Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.”
Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.234, tredition