“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Ruthless is the temper of royalty; How much better to live among the equals.Let me decline in a safe old age. The very name of the "middle way".”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Yes, I can endure guilt, however horrible; The laughter of my enemies I will not endure. Now”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“O Zeus, why is it you have given men clear ways of testing whether gold is counterfeit but, when it comes to men, the body carries no stamp of nature for distinguishing bad from good.”
― Euripides, quote from Medea and Other Plays
“Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.”
― Jeffrey Archer, quote from Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
“Something always turns up. It always seems darkest before the dawn. When God closes a door he opens a window. All things happen for a reason. Into every life a little rain must fall. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.”
― Charlaine Harris, quote from Dead Reckoning
“Yeah, I’m a classy guy.” Ranger scooped up a handful of popcorn. “A little girl’s life is at stake. That doesn’t leave much room for ego and turf wars.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Twelve Sharp
“Nancy drove to Twin Elms as fast as the law allowed.”
― quote from The Hidden Staircase
“There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, quote from Heir Apparent
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