"But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?"

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Source : Ellen Douglas (2012). “A Lifetime Burning”, p.20, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Ellen Douglas

#Passion Quotes #Men Quotes #Female Quotes

“There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.”
“Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.”
“The party's just getting started. This is where the fun starts.”
“When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.”
“Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path.”
“There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.”

Source : Christina (Queen of Sweden) (1753). “The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden: Containing Maxims and Sentences in Twelve Centuries, and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great”, p.98
“It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faithâ€”as mysterious as faith itself.”
“If great content is the hero, then banners are the villain.”

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