"If I had known, do you think I should have let her get away with this mad plan? That I should have let her rob me of my child? No, I should have taken you myself and hidden with you in some far-off land and never seen her again rather than agree to such an unnatural scheme"

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Source : Mary Hoffman (2010). “Stravaganza: City of Masks”, p.99, Bloomsbury Publishing

Mary Hoffman

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“I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness.”

Source : Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.61, Penguin
“I am really just writing about real life.”

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“Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.62
“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”
“Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. It's not just about empowering women, it's about economic growth. Unless we can make access to finance easier for women in their businesses, we will be missing out on a significant portion of growth within our economies”
“No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.”
“While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.”

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