"A rich man's war and a poor man's fight..."

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Source : Shelby Foote (1986). “The Civil War, a Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian”, Vintage

Shelby Foote

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“Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.”

Source : Pliny (the Younger.), Betty Radice (1969). “Letters and Panegyricus”, Heinemann ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
“I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.”
“After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.36, Mondial
“I can express no kinder sign of love, than this kind kiss.”
“Street food, I believe, is the salvation of the human race.”
“No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there - well or poorly.”
“In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.”
“Christian life isnâ€™t a one-person race. Itâ€™s a relay. You are not alone; youâ€™re part of a team assembled by our unstoppable God to achieve his eternal purposes.”

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