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“There are families whose greatness lies in their past, and in their legacies, Mrs. Schuyler answered. That is a quality much to be admired, for tradition is what binds us as a society. But there are some families, like some nations, whose greatness is a future development, and that quality, though harder to discern than the prestige of manor houses and coats of arms and titles of rank and office, is no less valuable, if, indeed, not more so.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Alex and Eliza

“I shall love you and give myself up for you, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up"- then Alex looked into Eliza's shining eyes and added a twist of his own-"and I shall serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop the gifts that God has given you.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Alex and Eliza

“You can’t choose something if you don’t know you have a choice.”
― Karin Slaughter, We Are All Guilty Here

“A man has to prove himself once. A woman has to prove herself every day.”
― Karin Slaughter, We Are All Guilty Here