#erm

Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never understand. Perhaps Doctor Mandelet would have understood if she had seen him--but it was too late; the shore was far behind her, and her strength was gone. She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#feminism #fiction #freedom #freedom

I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#details #did #hague #i #knew

The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany. ↗

— Franz Halder

#any #benefit #bring #britain #british

Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. ↗

— Edmond Halley

#appear #determining #difficult #distance #earth

In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#effort #empowerment #focus #games #life

It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#comparable #conditions #contrast #control #demonstrating

Victory is the child of preparation and determination. ↗

— Sean Hampton

#determination #preparation #victory

And erm, perhaps looking like this it was perhaps the only thing I could do. ↗

— Tony Hancock

#erm #i #like #looking #only

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#control freak #doing #exactly #far #freak

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me. ↗

— Marcia Gay Harden

#did #exists #family #favorite #i