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Throughout her adult life Georgiana struggled to reconcile the contradictions that enveloped her. She was an acknowledged beauty yet unappreciated by her husband, a popular leader of the ton who saw through its hypocrisy, and a woman whom ...more
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Ursula Vernon
“Is your mom afraid something will happen to you?”
“I,” said Harriet, with absolute confidence, “am something that happens to OTHER people.”
Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella

Barbara W. Tuchman
“In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.”
Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Epictetus
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.”
Epictetus, The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life

Bruce Catton
“The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky, seeing a far light on the horizon. Many lights had died in the windy dark but far down the road there was always a gleam, and it was as if a legend had been created to express some obscure truth that could not otherwise be stated. Everything had changed, the war and the men and the land they fought for, but the road ahead had not changed. It went on through the trees and past the little towns and over the hills, and there was no getting to the end of it. The goal was a going-towards rather than an arriving, and from the top of the next rise there was always a new vista. The march toward it led through wonder and terror and deep shadows, and the sunlight touched the flags at the head of the column.”
Bruce Catton, A Stillness at Appomattox

Diana Wynne Jones
“It was time for a strong-minded woman to take charge. Abdullah was quite glad that Sophie was one.”
Diana Wynne Jones, Castle in the Air
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