"I did not write it (Uncle Tom's Cabin). God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

#Uncles Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”
“You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.”

Source : Saint Joan (of Arc), Thomas de Courcelles, Guillaume Manchon, Pierre Cauchon, Catholic Church. Diocese of Beauvais (France) (1931). “The trial of Jeanne d'Arc”
“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”
“Tomorrow is forever, and years pass in no time at all”
“Only our memories allow that some people ever existed. That they mattered, or mattered too much.”
“Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2014). “Oleander Girl: A Novel”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.”
“I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.”

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