"For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down as an axiom, that only that is criminal in the sight of God where crime is meditated."

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Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”, p.11, Enhanced Media Publishing

Elizabeth Keckley

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“In life the loser's score is always zero.”
“Today, befriend a stranger, or if you feel up to more of a challenge, befriend a loved one.”
“'I am a camera' but it is a discontinued model.”
“How those fires burned that are no longer, how the weather worsened, how the shadow of the seagull vanished without a trace. Was it the end of a season, the end of a life? Was it so long ago it seems it might never have been? What is it in us that lives in the past and longs for the future, or lives in the future and longs for the past? (from "No Words Can Describe It")”
“I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in perspective.”
“Everything is known through its opposite.”
“All that happens in the world of Nature or Man, - every war; every peace; every hour of prosperity; every hour of adversity; every election; every deathÂ ; every life; every success and every failure, - all change, - all permanence, - the perished leaf; the unutterable glory of stars, - all things speak truth to the thoughtful spirit.”

Source : Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862). “The Works of Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of His Life: Memoir. Lectures and addresses”, p.395
“I don't have the time to curl up on my couch with a good book.”

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