"It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake."

-- Paul von Hindenburg

#People Quotes #Doe Quotes #Empires Quotes

“There is hope in honest error; none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist”

Source : William Buchanan, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (2004). “Mackintosh's Masterwork: The Glasgow School of Art”, p.20, Rutgers University Press
“Her beauty might fascinate men, but it was difficult to charm them when she stood mute. . . .”

Source : Michelle Moran (2008). “The Heretic Queen: A Novel”, p.110, Broadway Books
“There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.”
“In sum, do not insult me with the beheadings, finger choppings or the lung-deflations you plan for my works. I need my head to shake or nod, my hand to wave or make into a fist, my lungs to shout or whisper with. I will not go gently onto a shelf, degutted, to become a non-book. All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try. And no one can help me. Not even you.”
“My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.”
“As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity.”

Source : Margaret Cavendish (2000). “Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader”, p.42, Broadview Press
“It opens Wednesday or Friday.”
“People are hard-wired for tribal identity.”

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