"Up men to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia."

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Source : Richard F. Selcer, George E. Pickett (1995). “"Faithfully and forever your soldier": Gen. George E. Pickett, CSA”

George Pickett

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Virginia Quotes

“White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me.”
“At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.”
“Happy the poet who with ease can steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. [Lat., Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une voix legere Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au severe.]”
“Too much emotion is like none at all.”
“After a breakup, it takes a couple weeks for the fog to settle, but it's always a period of self-priority and growth. Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they're right in front of your face and they're really difficult, but we must make them.”
“To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.”

Source : Agnes Smedley (2012). “Daughter of Earth”, p.8, Courier Corporation
“When I was in Nashville, I went to our Macy's and went and tried on all the Hannah Montana stuff. Then I said, 'This is weird, I'm wearing my face.”
“I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing.”

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