"And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said."

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Source : Rosemary Sutcliff (2011). “The Eagle”, p.161, Macmillan

Rosemary Sutcliff

#Sorry Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“As a model, I'm used to having my body scrutinized, and I have a tough skin so I can shake it off. I know I'm the only person that gets to decide how my body should look.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1948). “Pilgrim's Inn”
“As we renew and honor our covenants, our burdens can be lightened and we can continually become purified and strengthened.”
“... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure.”

Source : Margaret Kennedy (2014). “Ladies of Lyndon”, p.75, Random House
“Once you run for office, you're in it - sort of like going into the military. You'd better be damned sure it is what you want to do and that the rest of your life is set up to accommodate that. It takes a certain toll on your personality and on your family life. I've seen it personally.”
“Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorrow. Well acquainted with pain and sorrow, Stephen did not contribute to the discussion. He merely crossed these idiots off his list of possible friends.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2008). “What Janie Found”, p.100, Laurel Leaf
“We are moving toward a global economy. One way of approaching that is to pull the covers over your head. Another is to say: It may be more complicated - but that's the world I am going to live in, I might as well be good at it.”

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