Quote by Michael Pye Download Open image ““they were a closed society, not ready even for a biological intruder”” — Michael Pye ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Were all people who tried to help doomed to live outside society because others didn't understand them?” — Jennifer Bohnhoff Copy Share Image
“Yes, society must go on; it must breed, like rabbits. That is what we are here for. But then, I don't like society—much.” — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
“We did not evolve by precautionary living, nor by hanging back for lack or certainty.” — Irv Thomas Copy Share Image
“I doubt if there has ever been a society that has been without strong and young people eager to experiment with homicide, provided no… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Humans have committed many crimes against nature, but one of the greatest is disrupting the general silence and tranquillity of the natural world!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“In a world that is becoming increasingly dangerous and materialistic, there is a dire need to help people discover their purpose and understand that… — Jeroninio Almeida Copy Share Image
“the house had been set up by two countesses ‘by divine inspiration, as it is piously believed’, to preserve the respectability of women who couldn’t marry, couldn’t afford the ‘dowry’ needed to enter a convent and who were about ‘to go begging or shamefully support themselves’. The beguinage allowed them to ‘support and clothe themselves by suitable work, without shaming… — Michael Pye Copy Share
“The poorer women lived from wages, the richer women sank their money into houses they often shared with other beguines. That did not stop… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“but we know enough from the early years to see that the machinery of the law was mostly used against workers who wanted more… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“Take away the idea of dark times and ruin and you begin to hear other voices. Women were not always silent, or without the… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“Bring the words and the objects together, though, and the new story is much more convincingly human. Life no longer stops dead when Rome… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“this one beach holds the story of a world always changing, always on the move.” — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
“They also found extra payments for threshing, gifts of wheat, food and drink at mid-day, a bonus for working in the rain: all put… — Michael Pye Copy Share Image
