#al

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#armies #camped #destruction #entered #every

War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#armed #habits #may #mission #personal

As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a good deal to keep her in diamonds. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#beautiful #cost #deal #diamonds #divorce

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#gives #infinite #patience #stupidity #you

I can only work out for so long before I start to really feel the effects. ↗

— Terrell Davis

#effects #feel #i #i can #long

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#house #i #really #talent #welcome

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked? ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#smart #stacked #where #woman #written

San Diego walked away with just a scratch. ↗

— Susan Davis

#diego #just #san #san diego #scratch

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#least #sides #some #trial #truth

I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem fitting into plane toilets etc, and the adaptations made for wheelchair users - such as the lowering of bank machines - work for me as well. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#bank #disability #etc #fitting #found