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41 " Because words were his weapon; silence was mine. And he couldn’t win an argument if I didn’t start one. "
― Stephanie Dray , My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
42 " Maybe liberty must always be fought for. And you have kept fighting when others laid down their swords in defeat, or exhaustion, or corruption. "
43 " I thought I was the only one who ever considered that trees might suffer melancholy, and the way their branches drooped under the weight of the ice suddenly made my own limbs heavier in sympathy. “But "
― Stephanie Dray , America's First Daughter
44 " And in the end, I was right about Sally. Her fierce determination that her children should be free overcame all other instincts. "
45 " Because partisanship has made anything fair, which honor and propriety might once have kept quiet. "
46 " Because the world always snuffs out fire, and every generation must bring light from darkness again. "
― Stephanie Dray , The Women of Chateau Lafayette
47 " I’d rather read than sew or keep house. "
48 " When and where you are Gaius, I then and there am Gaia." The words make him smile, and he presses a soft kiss to my cheek. "When and where you are Gaia, I then and there am Gaius. "
― Stephanie Dray , Daughters of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #3)
49 " Life is a bargain between bitter and sweet. Because there is a surfeit of bitter, we must savor the rare sweet. "
50 " No one wanted to serve anymore. Not when, under our new government, any man, whether a gentleman or a scoundrel, could say whatever he pleased and print whatever libels he wished without consequence. "
51 " At first my steps are bent and painful. But the farther I walk, the less I feel the pull. Mindful of the cold muck on my feet, I straighten like the Amazon William always said I was. Like the Amazon I am. "
52 " MEN THINK STITCHERY the most demure of occupations—all they see is gently bred girls, their heads bent in domestic pursuit, their hands kept busy and out of mischief. But my mother knew sewing circles for the wheels of conspiracy that they actually are. "
53 " Am I fated to have the men I’ve loved torment me in my weakest moments? "
54 " The Federalists bayed that if my father were allowed to take the presidency, murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest would be openly practiced, the soil soaked with blood, and "
55 " Besides, the less occupation we have, the less we’re disposed to do. "
56 " Then, Jefferson, Burr, Madison, and Monroe had buried my family, captured my government, and claimed its flag. But it didn’t belong to any of them more than it belonged to me. And I should never have allowed them to steal it away. "
57 " Glory is a bittersweet wreath of both flowers and thorns. "
58 " Patsy, suffering strengthens our constitutions and builds inner fortifications so that we never fall prey to the same agony twice. We must take upon ourselves a smaller evil to defend against the greater evil. We must take upon ourselves a smaller pain in order to survive. "
59 " But I meant every word. I’d done my daughters no favors hiding behind feminine virtues, allowing men to do as they pleased with little more than sarcasm and secrecy for protest. Seeing my son half-dead, something changed in me—my willingness to obey, my willingness to accept, to let the men handle it was gone. When "
60 " It was her habit to copy from the text, words that echoed the sentiments of her heart. "