#victor

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well as the lady. ↗

— Pamela Horn

#marriages-of-convenience #victoriana #victorians #life

The Jews are a peculiar people: Things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews. Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people, and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it. Poland and Czechoslovakia did it.Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchmen. Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese--and no one says a word about refugees. But in the case of Israel, the displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees. Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single Arab. Arnold Toynbee calls the displacement of the Arabs an atrocity greater than any committed by the Nazis. Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms. But when Israel is victorious it must sue for peace. Everyone expects the Jews to be the only real Christians in this world. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#victory

I didn’t realize I was crying until it was time to say the blinding words. ‘I do,’ I managed to choke out in a nearly unintelligible whisper... When it was his turn to speak, the words rang clear and victorious. ‘I do,’ he vowed. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#victory

What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners and ridiculous fashions were obviously dictated by vampires. And, without a doubt, the British army regimental system functions on werewolf pack dynamics. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#vampires #victorian #werewolves #werewolves

Father has taught me that when something is lost, whether dear or not, giving up the search is sometimes best and often enough the lost article finds its owner. ↗

— Cassandra Krivy Hirsch

#historical-novel #journal #romance #victorian-era #historical-romance

Humans are curious creatures. What we cannot see, our logical minds will try to deny. ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#france #historical-ficiton #mystery #romance #victorian

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis. ↗

— Marin Cilic

#i #me #played #some #special

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ↗

— Aristotle

#conquers #count #desires #hardest #him

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life. ↗

— John Astin

#continue #demonstrates #difficult #difficult things #doing

The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ↗

— George D. Aiken

#declare #leave #policy #the best policy #victory