"A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts."

-- Barbara Cartland

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“We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.”
“It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.”

Source : Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)”, p.405, Delphi Classics
“No government functions without the grease of corruption.”

Source : Carlos Fuentes (2007). “The Eagle's Throne: A Novel”, p.37, Random House
“Like many people who live in the South, I'm drawn to the history of the Civil War.”
“If only I had known a year ago what I'd be facing now. Until last year I lived with the innocent arrogance that my life was a simple product of effort, will, and design. But now I am a house of cards, held precariously by the fragile conspiracy of wind, weight, and angle. Perhaps it is best we cannot see into our futures.”
“When all else is lost and gone forever, there is yearning. Only desire trumps time.”

Source : Charles Frazier (2006). “Thirteen Moons: A Novel”, p.5, Random House
“It was clear to me that the White House's solemn atmosphere would not civilize Trump. But the merciless nepotism with which he conducts politics, in which he places himself and his family above the law, I wouldn't have considered that possible. And on top of that there is this reduction of complex political decisions to 140 characters. When it comes to a U.S. president, I consider the reduction of politics to a tweet to be truly dangerous. Trump is a risk to his country and the entire world.”
“People aren't universally heroic.”

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