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1 " direction of her en suite but he grabbed her arm, pulled her back. ‘So what if it is? Don’t you want to be the prime minister’s wife? Don’t you want to dine "
― Milly Johnson , The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew
2 " I can tell you now . . . that even as a nonbeliever, you are witnessing an actual moment where a prayer has been answered. "
3 " We are both vulnerable people, and because of that, the membrane between sense and foolishness is very thin. "
4 " Was it Abraham Lincoln who said that if you wanted to test a man’s character, give him power? "
5 " Sophie liked old people. She enjoyed talking to them, hearing their stories, seeing the light in their eyes and imagining all that learning and wisdom behind them. It broke her heart sometimes to think of the still ones, to see the shells of the once young and lively waiting for nothing because even hope had deserted them. "