Purpurea Tricolor Quotes & Sayings

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it. — Rachel Gibson

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below. — Ameen Rihani

You are beyond worth and your potential to change is in your next thought. — Toni Sorenson

A scandal had traditionally been an easy way to dispose of an inconvenient woman. — Geraldine Brooks

People talk about discipline, but to me, there's discipline and there's self-discipline. Discipline is listening to people tell you what to do, where to be, and how to do something. Self-discipline is knowing that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life; you are the only one who can take yourself to the desired heights. — Mike Shanahan

The philosophy of praxis does not aim at the peaceful resolution of existing contradictions in history and society, but is the very theory of these contradictions. It is not the instrument of government of the dominant groups in order to gain the consent and exercise hegemony over the subaltern classes. It is the expression of subaltern classes who want to educate themselves in the art of government and who have an interest in knowing all truths, even the unpleasant ones, and in avoiding the impossible deceptions of the upper class, and even more their own. — Antonio Gramsci

I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of particular importance. — David Massengill