"The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience."

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Source : John George Nicolay (1922). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History ...”, p.104, Library of Alexandria

John George Nicolay

#Children Quotes #Husband Quotes #Loss Quotes

“It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully.”
“U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.”
“I'm fortunate enough not to be poor, and I'm not a bad tipper.”

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“It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before.”
“Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's chops, and that's not what women's comedy is.”
“Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper.”
“My music has always been the same. It's the same kinda music but of a better quality. For me nothing really changes just the work rate. It's the work rate that changes more than the music.”

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“Reaching 50, I've started to conjure up thoughts of my own mortality.”

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