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41 " So now you know why I think all talk of borders and colors and nationalities is absurd. People try to pin you down on a map and paint you a certain color to make everything simple. But the world is far from simple, and intelligent human beings don’t like to be pinned down and painted by some hand in the sky, whether it belongs to a god, a priest, or a politician. "
― Anne Fortier , The Lost Sisterhood
42 " Nothing is as silent as a woman who hates. "
43 " Here, we chop wood to keep warm. If you think that’s amateurish, all I can say to you is this: You are more vulnerable than you think. "
44 " Alas, the world turned out so very different from the noble battleground she had led me to expect. The stakes were puny, the people gray and gutless; my Amazon arts were futile here. "
45 " We have a saying in my country: If you must strike, make sure to follow the hurt with a kiss. "
46 " In the face of a true friend a man sees, as it were, a second self. —CICERO, De Amicitia I "
47 " Remember that she who braves the lion becomes the lion. We will brave this lion, and we will smile again. "