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The Lost Sisterhood QUOTES

The Lost Sisterhood QUOTES

1 " A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

2 " It may upset my secret sisters that I say this, but between you and me, if you're so fortunate as to have captured the perfect male, peeling off that chain-mail bikini and becoming a part-time Amazon is not so bad after all.

-Author's Note, Anne Fortier "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

3 " He did not speak; merely looked at her with an expression she had seen traces of before but never fully understood until that moment. It was more apology than accusation---a dark stare of acknowledgment that told her he had long since seen his own fate in her actions, and had long since ceased to hold her responsible. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

4 " We are now left to choose between danger and regret, neither of which can restore the lives we have lost. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

5 " You can tease it's mane all you like, but you can't turn a house cat into a lion. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

6 " Courage has no age. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

7 " It is madness. But sometimes, madness is the only path forward. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

8 " Neeta showed us there can be as much virtue in the things we do not do as on those we do. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

9 " You are too kind, and I am unused to it. For your own sake, do not stroke my misery. It knows not how to respond, but with a vicious bite. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

10 " Fear not! I would rather tear the heart from your bosom than take your bow, for I believe you would miss it less. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

11 " He always says that those who control the present can rewrite the past. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

12 " But then, as Myrina knew only too well, it is the loss of hope that kills the prey---the loss of will to keep struggling. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

13 " Exceptions are the exceptions, and finds are like ants; whenever you see one, you may be sure there are twenty. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

14 " We are the Amazons, killers of men. Only the feeble-headed try their luck with us. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

15 " We are the Amazons" said Myrina."We are the killers of beasts and men. Wild ourselves, we inhabit the wild places. Freedom courses in our blood, and death whispers at the tip of our arrows. We fear nothing, fear runs from us. Try to stop us, and you will feel our rage. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

16 " Remember: women may not be too weak
To strike a blow.
-Sophocles, Electra "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

17 " I will say to you what the scientists say about the small particles in the universe: I can't show you where they are, I can only show you where they were. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

18 " Only weak men want women to be weak. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

19 " To me, there is only one God. An unnamed presence we'll never understand. Everything else is human politics. It was human beings who wrote the holy books, and human beings who made all the rules and rituals. In other words, it is human beings who turn life into hell. So yes'--he picked up his wine glass--'I try to live by the spirit of God, but not by the rules, because rules are made by man, and man is nothing but a fatally conceited flea on the mammoth of Creation. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood

20 " If you must, go and frolic with a herdsman under a starry, sky, but do not attempt to share his daylight. For the sun works on men as an elixir- it blears their eyes to the worth of women and makes them dare to think they should rule over us. "

― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood