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141 " You won’t make anything better by weaving your own misery into the collective shroud. If you find some tendril of happiness, then tug on it. Because a world without happiness isn’t worth fighting for. "
― Stephanie Dray , The Women of Chateau Lafayette
142 " I like the trees this way. Stripped bare." Before I could suspect him of innuendo, his voice lowered, gravely. "They're so exposed now that we can see their melancholy." ... the way the branches drooped under the weight of the ice.... ......" But springtime will come, and they'll blossom again".... "Yes , but then, they'll hide their true beauty behind a mask of showy flowers and leaves. That's why I prefer them as they are now. You remind me of these trees...."This man- this stranger, in truth- saw the darkness inside me and found it alluring.... You can cry, Patsy.. But I couldn't give him the satisfaction. I couldn't open that well inside me or I'd never get it closed again.. "
― Stephanie Dray
143 " Autumn 1799 "
― Stephanie Dray , My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
144 " The advantage of the Reynolds scandal was that I no longer had anything to hide. I found satisfaction in my work—and in Alexander’s. For on the Fourth of July, we’d toasted the state legislature’s passage of a law establishing the gradual abolition of slavery. "
145 " December 1799 New York City George Washington’s passing shook the very foundations of the country. Few men on earth had done more to earn eternal rest than the former president, but we were left like children frightened to face a world without him. Even Alexander, though he was loath to admit it. "
146 " Our friends warned, In running a middle course, you run the risk of being hated by both sides . . "
147 " marriage is a choice, one made, every day, anew. And trust me when I say I don’t know which choice I shall make come morning. "
148 " my Lord Jesus Christ had transformed the hearts of humanity with his sacrifice. "
149 " No wonder marriage required a vow before God and witnesses. It was no easy thing. And yet, the struggles somehow made me cherish it more. Made me cherish him more. "
150 " brogue more pronounced with every raised glass. “Here’s to the four hinges of friendship. Swearing, lying, stealing, and drinking. When you swear, swear by your country. When you lie, lie for a pretty woman. When you steal, steal away from bad company. And when you drink, drink with me. "
151 " my heart hurting that this was the reality of my daughter’s life. "
― Stephanie Dray , America's First Daughter
152 " My father was a scientist, a scholar, and a Virginia gentleman, "
153 " I heard it in what he didn’t say. "
154 " We try, in vain, to crawl into letters and memories for the comfort of those who cannot talk to us any longer. "
155 " I am enough a heretic that even heaven will not console me for leaving Gilbert. "
156 " Anger, after all, does not obliterate love, "
157 " Need me. Need me the way a woman is meant to need her husband. "
158 " You young pups prattle on about equality, but heed a woman of experience. In the end, given the opportunity, every man will step upon every other man in a mad scramble to the top. Climb too high too quickly, and the same people who hoisted you up will tear you down. Jealousy, my dear, is the most wicked, and most certain, of human impulses. "
159 " You are the magic in my soul. You are as constant in my heart as the moon in the night. You are my other half and I'll always seek you out somehow, even though it puts you in danger, and that is my shame. "
― Stephanie Dray , Song of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #2)
160 " never did think the truth was a crime. I’m glad the day has come in which it is to be decided. For my soul has ever abhorred the thought that a free man dare not speak the truth. "