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“Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?”
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“Jeder Mensch erduldet Jahr für Jahr zu viele Sünden und zu viel Leid, aber in der Sklaverei wird auch schon das erste Licht, das man bei seiner Ankunft in der Welt erblickt, von finsteren Schatten verdunkelt.”
― Erlebnisse aus dem Leben eines Sklavenmädchens (Ungekürzte Gesamtausgabe)
― Erlebnisse aus dem Leben eines Sklavenmädchens (Ungekürzte Gesamtausgabe)
“Being magnanimous in victory usually worked, but to keep abreast of the situation he had to
pump the girl for all she knew. Was there a pang of remorse for his actions in his mind?
Possibly, but what choice did he have? If he wanted to survive, he had no room for weakness.”
― The Arbitrator
― The Arbitrator
“You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes.”
― Matching Configurations
― Matching Configurations
“All women on earth-- and men, too for that matter-- hope for the kind of love that transforms us, raises us up out of the everyday, & gives us the courage to survive our little deaths: the heartache of unfulfilled dreams, of career and personal disappointments, of broken love affairs.”
― Peony in Love
― Peony in Love
Amanda’s 2024 Year in Books
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