Brecourt Manor Quotes & Sayings

I consented to die in his place; his life had no more value than mine; no life had value. They were going to slap a man up against a wall and shoot at him till he died, whether it was I or Gris or somebody else made no difference. I knew he was more useful than I to the cause of Spain but I thought to hell with Spain and anarchy; nothing was important. — Jean-Paul Sartre

So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us. — Russell Banks

Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. — Wesley Morris

Maybe everyone stays the same inside, even when their life looks nothing like what they once had, or even imagined. — Anna Quindlen

The heart stays heavy if it remains in a state of unforgiveness. — Aisha Mirza

After months - after years - of chaos and life-threatening situations and people stabbing me for no good reason, we'd somehow managed to find a moment to breathe. That didn't just deserve to be enjoyed. It deserved to be celebrated, held up as proof that the world was a good place and didn't actually need to be destroyed in order for me to have a nap. — Seanan McGuire