Jovan

“…often women aren’t allowed to be characters in history, they have to be stereotypes. Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she was incredibly good at maths; she wasn’t that much of a looker. But when we think of her, we think: big breasted seductress bathing in milk. Often, even when women have made their mark and they are remembered by history, we are offered a fantasy version of their lives.”
― Bettany Hughes

“One who hesitates, digs himself a grave.”
― Jan Guillou, The Kingdom at the End of the Road

“A man must learn to recognize values.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“Here's the reason why the peasant is wise. He's wise because he's beaten from the very start. Give him power and then you'll see how wise he is.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms