#thirteen

I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#advance #age #attended #born #count

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#conduct #first #first time #god #govern

Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words on the other hand, were a lifeline. They left their hushed rhythm behind, a counter to the slow in and out of Emmeline's breathing. ↗

— Diane Setterfield

#art

all Revolution and Consumption, Manufacture and Communication ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#communication

Did I mention you're going to have to drive on our date?" I asked. "Cheap bastard. ↗

— Patrick Carman

#thirteen-days-to-midnight #dating