"when the people of any country choose peace at all costs, not even generals can make war."

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Source : Pearl S. Buck (2013). “My Several Worlds: A Personal Record”, p.480, Open Road Media

#Country Quotes #Peace Quotes #War Quotes

“Don't be flirting with your gift, you better marry it”
“For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.”
“My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl.”

Source : Julie Kagawa (2011). “The Iron Knight”, p.12, Harlequin
“I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.”
“I think you have a right to whine. Honestly, Lucy. We all have the right to whine when life gets tough.”
“It was the kind of blind, gulping, insensate greed that you associate with some milk-eyed creature in a volcanic fissure at the bottom of the Marianas Trench-an organism with no understanding of the existence, let alone the feelings, of other members of the ecosystem.”
“Kick and claw all you like. Scream. Hit me. Curse the f*ck out of me. You won't sleep anywhere but with me tonight.”

Source : Katy Evans (2013). “Remy”, p.202, Simon and Schuster
“You had my heart, and I yours; a heart for a heart, good fortune for good fortune.”

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