Transatlantic Quotes

“And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.”

“She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.”

“His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.”

“The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no”

“An optimist is a braver cynic.”

“The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.”

“The striking thing is that the transatlantic divergence in working patterns has coincided almost exactly with a comparable convergence in religiosity. Europeans not only work less”

“It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.”

“We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.”