"Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everythign lost in Richmond, even our archives. Blue-black is our horizon."

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Source : Mary Boykin Chesnut (2011). “Mary Chesnut's Diary”, p.215, Penguin

Mary Boykin Chesnut

#War Quotes #Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes

“I ain't apologizing for anything, especially if it's a joke.”

Source : Interview With Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. January 7, 2010.
“I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.”
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”

Source : Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.107, GENERAL PRESS
“We have to be concerned that Russia is also increasing its military influence in Egypt, potentially in Libya, also in Afghanistan.”
“I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.”
“Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.”
“Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.”
“I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.”

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