“He would never be able to emulate Richard's last gesture of defiance--gallant, glorious, and quite mad.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“How fragile life was, how fleeting their days on earth, and how fickle was Death, claiming the young as often as the old, the healthy as often as the ailing, cruelly stealing away a baby’s first breath, a mother’s fading heartbeat.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“Men always think God favors their cause. I am sure Ya’qūb of Aleppo never doubted it, either.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“Soldiers have many vices, but vanity is not amongst them. How could it be? What man is going to worry about his hair when he might lose his head?”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“War was war and soldiers were the same the world over, although killing came easier to some than others.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
“He would never be able to emulate Richard’s last gesture of defiance—gallant, glorious, and quite mad.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, quote from Lionheart
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“They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.”
― Cormac McCarthy, quote from The Orchard Keeper
“Consider this: all the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Ants have been incredibly industrious for millions of years. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has brought about a decline in almost every ecosystem on the planet. Nature doesn’t have a design problem. People do.”
― William McDonough, quote from Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
“You wrote something easily in youth, and later you came to see how difficult it all was.”
― A.S. Byatt, quote from Angels and Insects
“Have you ever gotten so sad that it actually feels GOOD to do something you know will make you even sadder?”
― Hillary Frank, quote from I Can't Tell You
“The cancer had already spread to Laura’s liver and, considering her age, aggressive treatment wasn’t recommended; the doctors said she had about six months to live.”
― quote from Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
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