"The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination."

-- Gaetano Salvemini

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“Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.”

Source : Ron Chernow (2010). “Washington: A Life”, p.565, Penguin
“Before all things, the Teacher of Peace and the Master of Unity would not have prayer made singly and individually, as for one who prays only for himself. For we do not say, "My Father, who art in heaven"... Our prayer is public and common; and when we pray, we pray not for one, but for the whole people, because we the whole people are one.”
“I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.”
“True browsing means that we discover shelves and subjects that we could not have anticipated when we started. And the books we read introduce us to other books, as if we are at a magnificent party of the mind, being ever welcomed by new friends to join in the conversation.”
“Love, itâ€™s such a night, laced with running water, irreparable, riddled with a million leaks. A night shaped like a shadow thrown by your absence. Every crack trickles, every overhang drips. The screech of nighthawks has been replaced by the splash of rain. The rain falls from the height of streetlights. Each drop contains its own shattering blue bulb.”
“The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.”
“Maybe in the morning, sunlight would to turn him back into a statue; then I could take Stone out to the forest where he could frolic among the ferns, gurgle at streams, and make friends with the other interesting rocks.”

Source : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.134, Penguin
“I'm going to have fans and I'm going to have people who don't like everything I do. All I can really do is go to work and do my job.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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