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1 " We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades. "
― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)
2 " Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases "
3 " This parting cannot be for long; for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith "
4 " In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work "
5 " He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below "
6 " inert and seemingly lifeless. "
7 " There are some people who hate for no reason at all. They just simply hate. They do not realize that their unjustified hatred inevitably turns inward to destroy them. Yes, it is self-destructive in the long run. "
8 " make money. To keep myself "
9 " and with great solemnity, ‘I’m glad yer stopped ’em fighting. I’m scared "
10 " overnight. It had been "
11 " Because people are always afraid of what they do not know, what they do not understand, the unfamiliar or the different, and that fear invariably turns to hate. Unreasoned hatred that makes no sense. In "
12 " carried a nosegay of summer flowers. Winston "
13 " arm more tightly, as much to quell her own fears as give support to Adele. When they finally reached the hall, Adele looked around swiftly and then she also shivered and drew her robe about her. It seemed "
14 " a damp June morning Emma accompanied them "
15 " no such thing as death in her lexicon, and that as long as I lived and you lived she would live, too, for we would carry the memory of her in our hearts for ever. "
16 " Because people are always afraid of what they do not know, what they do not understand, the unfamiliar or the different, and "
17 " God doesn’t give us a burden that is too heavy to bear. "
18 " Emma loved her father and understood the nature of him, but he had disturbed her not a little in the last few months. Her dad just wasn’t the same since he had returned from the Boer War. "
19 " what does that mean, that word “mavourneen”? "
20 " Irish word for dear or darlin’, Emma. Like the word “luv” the Yorkshire folk are always using. It ain’t no rude word, little colleen. Affectionate is the best way of describing it, I am thinking. Besides, who would be rude to a spry young ejicated lady like ye?’ he finished, adopting his most serious voice, his most gallant manner. "