"In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate."

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Source : Georges Duhamel (1918). “The New Book of Martyrs: From the French of Georges Duhamel”

Georges Duhamel

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“A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.”

Source : 1984 One Writer's Beginnings, III. 'Finding a Voice'.
“I saw the logic that they used, and the death of a thousand cuts as experimental scientists slowly chipped away at the belief that the world was an inexplicably powerful, magical place. Ultimately they failed, though. The magic never really went away. It waited, quietly, for people to return to it when they found the science wanting.”
“The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.”
“Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.”
“Sierra Leone and Liberia must remain vigilant, that if you think somebody is sick with Ebola, you must get help immediately. Otherwise there could be a resurgence of Ebola. So everybody must remain vigilant.”
“Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make”
“The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.”

Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during ... 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831: with observations on New South Wales”, p.58
“When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.”

Source : Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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