Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) American politician
Statement before the House Judiciary Committee considering impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon (25 July 1974). (See External links)
“I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator
Of my triumph or my doom…”
"Fate brought us together by chance..." (1832)
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James Branch Cabell book Figures of Earth
Miramon, in Ch. IV : In the Doubtful Palace
Figures of Earth (1921)
Context: I am not so wonderful but that in the hour of my triumph I am frightened by my own littleness. Look you, Niafer, I had thought I would be changed when I had become a famous champion, but for all that I stand posturing here with this long sword, and am master of the hour and of the future, I remain the boy that last Thursday was tending pigs.
Douglas Coupland book Life After God
essentially hasn't changed over all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember where I am or when I am, I still feel the same way I did when I woke up at the age of five.
Life After God (1994)
George Sarton (1884–1956) American historian of science
Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Variant: And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.”
Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar
"Mad Girl's Love Song" http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/madgirl.html (1953) from Collected Poems (1981) <br class="br">Variant: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. <br class="br">Source: The Bell Jar
John Steinbeck book The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976)
