"...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right or wish to free the slaves; and, especially, his not freeing the slaves in 'loyal' Kentucky and other United States areas or even in Confederate areas occupied by United States troops, such as New Orleans."

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Sheldon Vanauken

#War Quotes #New Orleans Quotes #Kentucky Quotes

“Far away on the path we saw Sir Henry looking back, his face white in the moonlight, his hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly at the frightful thing which was hunting him down. But that cry of pain from the hound had blown all our fears to the winds. If he was vulnerable he was mortal, and if we could wound him we could kill him. Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night.”
“Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.”
“Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".”
“Iâ€™m training two-and-a-half hours a day, pushing my body beyond its normal limits, putting on a lot of muscle mass and just making myself look like Superman,”
“Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.”
“You are TSTL. I beg your pardon. Too stupid to live.”
“Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.”
“...sometimes we enter art to hide within it. It is where we can go to save ourselves, where a third-person voice protects us.”

Source : Michael Ondaatje (2010). “Divisadero”, p.99, Bloomsbury Publishing

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