"you may imagine me the very shadow of my husband."

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Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin

Dolley Madison

#Husband Quotes #Wife Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.”
“Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.”
“It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.”
“Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.”
“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.”
“I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.”
“You must test your own religious claims and texts by the same standards you apply to other religions. If your religion's claims and texts fair no better, then your religion is just as false as theirs is.”
“I lived in the world of poetry and ideas. I thought life was all about art and philosophy. In the military, I suddenly found out about the real world.”

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