Agamemnon Sparknotes Quotes & Sayings

One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year. — Robert Brady

Blue Duck could never avoid a moment of fear, when his father's eyes became the eyes of a snake. He choked off his insult
he knew that if he spoke, he might, in an instant, find himself fighting Buffalo Hump. He had seen it before, with other warriors. Someone would say one word too many, would fail to see the snake in his father's eyes, and the next moment Buffalo Hump would be pulling his long bloody knife from between the other warrior's ribs.
Blue Duck waited. He knew that it was not a day to fight his father. — Larry McMurtry

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. — Jeffrey D. Sachs

Not that he had any pleasure in Jean-Christophe's anger; on the contrary, it made him unhappy - but he felt his power by making Jean-Christophe suffer. He was not bad; he had the soul of a girl. — Anonymous

Being a writer is a more difficult job than people imagine. — Sara Sheridan

But at least their provision was universal, and for good and ill they were regarded as a public responsibility. — Tony Judt

I've always been a jeans and a T-shirt kind of kid! — Gillian Zinser

The American dream means that you have the chance to work hard, get an education and do great things for yourself, for your kids. The great thing in American is it doesn't matter what your last name is, doesn't matter if you're wealthy. — Bobby Jindal

one legend has it that Jews found Poland attractive because the country's name sounded like the Hebrew imperative po lin ("rest here"). — Diane Ackerman

We've got secrets coming out our arses and you want to take them to a clairvoyant? — Cath Crowley

Falling in love for the first time, and then the heartbreak of having it end, is difficult, but I don't think it would ever hurt as much as when my mother was killed in the boating accident. I feel a part of my heart has already been broken, and that place is reserved for mother. — Natasha Gregson Wagner