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1 " For, what is home? Surely more than a set of rooms, a roof, an address? Home suggests belonging. Suggests warmth, safety, companionship. Love. "
― Paula Brackston , The Silver Witch
2 " We are each mistresses of our own happiness. We ought not to look to others to supply it. "
3 " And as for company … I do not crave the companionship of other women, for I have never found one who did not judge me against herself and find me either to be envied or pitied. As for the friendship of men … well, when the day comes when one is man enough to treat me as his equal, then, only then, will I allow desire to be my guide. "
4 " My mind is like the willow; it flexes and springs. My heart is a knot of oak. Let them try to wound me. "
5 " How much more tuneful are the birds of the woods than the birds of the water. Ducks and geese make their raucous racket without once finding a note of sweetness, whilst these tree dwellers are practiced in the art of melody. I "
6 " fear it is written somewhere in the terms of my parental contract: Fret frequently about well-being of offspring. "
7 " Such a cumbersome thing, the body of a human. Too much reliance lies in the head. Too much. We have let our frames become frailer down generations, in favor of our seething minds and greedy hearts. Instinct has been dulled by thought. "
8 " History is primarily about people. And people are complicated beings, who lead wonderfully complex lives. A belief system, rituals, magic, things beyond rational explanation … these are as much a part of what has gone before us in this mysterious place as any victorious army or change of political allegiance. Dear "
9 " If she does not run, her thoughts become composted in her head, overheated and overcrowded, potentially fertile but unusable. "
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