The Hamilton Affair
Elizabeth Cobbs
Top 10 Best Quotes
“you may not care about marriage now, Betsey, but you'll change your mind someday. Someday you will. And if you've given no thought to how to choose a man you can live with, you're going to end up with someone ugly or poor. Or worse, dull" "If I ever marry I don't want a husband I can live with. I want one I cannot live without.”
“Sister loyalty was Newton's first law. Fidelity to family and parents was the second.”
“I’d never wish to be part of a country that tolerates mob rule. There’s no greater threat to liberty than a crowd with torches.”
“Laurens, Lafayette, and Hamilton--all roughly the same age-- had become inseparable when they discovered they shared the conviction that all men should be free, including blacks.”
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” Voltaire, 1694–1778”
“When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.” White Eagle, Ponca Chief, 1840–1914”
“Tame or wild, all the animals she knew on the farm were far from dumb, though that’s what ignorant, unimaginative people called them.”
“One had children without knowing all that would be required to raise them, but a woman did whatever was necessary to make them behave and meet their needs. Then she prayed.”
“If I ever marry, I don’t want a husband I can live with. I want one I cannot live without.”
“He hoped never to see another duel. He couldn’t imagine taking a man’s life that way.”
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