Monday, February 16, 2009

Quotables

"...You may shoot me, or beat me to a mummy: my person is in your power, but my mind is beyond your reach."


-Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore when faced by her husband's pistol after he kidnapped her.

7 comments:

  1. "...my mind is beyond your reach"- very deep- I like it a lot.

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  2. She was quite the lady! Her husband on the other hand...

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  3. Wow! She was a brave and wise lady. He sure didn't deserve her.

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  4. Oh my goodness the things he did to her make me sick...that's why her new biography is worth a read!

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  5. What a powerful statement - it must have incensed him immensely! I am looking forward to reading more about her life, although I have the feeling that I'll want to put my fist through the pages at punch her husband in the face =) I'll try to contain myself.

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  6. Oh you will!! I guarantee it. Supposedly after she said this he remarked (although I don't have the exact quote here), "Good God you are an amazing woman."

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