Difficult Quote by Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

“We may wonder if there are any shortcuts. And there are some, but once you find out what they are—humiliation and suffering—you’ll probably prefer…

— Rankin Wilbourne

You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get…

— Lewis Carroll

“[He] Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, Then cleft the man's brow square between the temples Cutting his head in two…

— Virgil

“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.”

— Victor Hugo

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

— Brandon Mull

“His sudden and utterly overwhelming panic was over almost before it began; but not quickly enough. In the midst of his brief yet total…

— Colleen McCullough

Abide close to the cross, and search the mystery of His wounds.

— Charles Spurgeon

“He’ll take one look at us and run in the other direction. Lest the lame-legged boy chase him with his walking stick.” “It is…

— Kerri Maniscalco

“After walking up one of the steepest streets in the Village of Überlingen, I found Herr Graf at the municipal hospital and was shocked…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppressed I Rise

...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if…

— Thomas Hardy

“For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“Laurence reached up to wipe the grime from his face, and finding his hand come away red with gore felt back to where his…

— Blood of Tyrants Naomi Novik