"I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance."

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Source : Margaret George (2011). “Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

Margaret George

#Travel Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Land Quotes

“I told my fans online how I hated my squeaky office chair. One day, a fan sent me a new chair. It was crazy! I still use the chair today. Pretty awesome.”
“My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...”
“Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport.”
“No matter what we predict for our futures, we're always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die.”
“What does true even mean when it comes to a face? Only souls are true, and when you spill them to the air they melt away ...”
“I'm the voice of honesty.”
“A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.”
“In effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either.”

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