"Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage."

-- Hector Hugh Munro

#Book Quotes #Sophie Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause...”
“The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.”
“I’m a much nicer person, much more laid-back and relaxed, not serious like they show me.”
“I never say of an operation that it is without danger.”
“Poetry is something that disturbs the mainstream with minor things and it is something that breaks down active discrimination with passive things, and it can break down something that polishes the filthy things with filthy things.”

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“Religion and love don't have a price, don't have a gender, a skin color, nothing. We are all on the same plate.”

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“There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.”
“Some people say their life is full of darkness and I wonder why they don't just try and switch the lights on.”

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