"I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It was disconcerting to think I could have put almost any young man in my retinue on a white horse and they would have thrown flowers at him instead. It was not me they cared about, only what I meant to them: a cessation of hostilities, a chance for prosperity, food on the table."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

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“I couldnt really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to.”
“An artist is usually the handyman in the service of inspiration.”
“We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists--believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.”
“My whole body is a lethal weapon, you know. I know more ways to kill you than you know how to die.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Assassin's Code: A Joe Ledger Novel”, p.171, Macmillan
“No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.”
“I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.”
“Science brings men nearer to God.”
“There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment.”

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