10 quotes found
“An optimist is a braver cynic.”
“She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.”
“The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.”
“The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.”
“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”
“It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.”
“We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.”
“His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.”
“The Irish were poor, but not enslaved. He had come here to hack away at the ropes that held American slavery in place. Sometimes it withered him just to keep his mind steady. He was aware that the ...”
“And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.”
