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To the living, we owe respect, but to the dead, we owe only the truth. —Voltaire
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
To the wicked, everything serves as a pretext. —Voltaire
“Once upon a time you loved a little girl. You betrayed her to save your son. Today, you finally stood up for her and gave her a chance to be heard.”
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. —Voltaire
History is only the register of crimes and misfortune. —Voltaire
“Confucius said something about digging two graves if you seek revenge. I know your momma always quoted that man.”
“Kill the queen, and the ants disappear.”
The whole town will bleed if I’m too late. The whole fucking town will scream for me.
It is the flash that appears; the thunderbolt will follow. —Voltaire
It’s not a man who just saved my life. It wasn’t a beast at all. It was a woman.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. —Voltaire
Touch him again, and I’ll burn the town to the ground with everyone still in it.
My life is a struggle. —Voltaire
the mind is just too fragile for some visual stimulants, and I know my limits.
The secret to being a bore…is to tell everything. —Voltaire
because the killer is after souls too dark for him to save.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
—Voltaire
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. —Voltaire
Fate is a fucking cold-hearted bitch, but everything has a purpose.”
Common sense is not so common. —Voltaire
Clever tyrants are never punished. —Voltaire
Injustice in the end produces independence. —Voltaire
“But I’m feeling better by the second. It’s like you’re magical or something, reminding me I’m human.”
swearing she saved him from his demons.”
“Katie subdued the real monster by loving the man and accepting all of him. I’m saying I hope our girl has someone doing the same for her, otherwise, she may lose herself to all of this. And it won’t be the ending she deserves.”
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. —Voltaire
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished, unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire
Tears are the silent language of grief. —Voltaire
I thought love would rip my heart out. I thought it would set me on fire. Instead, it turned me into ice.