#wins

In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#determination #group-dynamics #winston-churchill #friendship

One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#weasley-twins #funny

George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#twins #weasley #education

I vow to spend the rest of my life keeping your hands and feet warm. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#bevelstoke #julia-quinn #sebastian-grey #ten-things-i-love-about-you #life

I did not regret it at the time and I don't regret it now. I have never felt a moment's regret. ↗

— Reginald Kray

#life

So go, girl. We should have been one person all along, not two. ↗

— Dorothy Baker

#love #separation #twins #love

It is indeed strange, given the heavy emphasis placed by chroniclers on Churchill's sheer magnitude of personality, that the ingredient of pure ambition should be so much ignored or even disallowed. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#biography #larger-than-life #personality #winston-churchill #love

…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #twins #love

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world. — Winston S. Churchill ↗

— Ellen Brazer

#espionage #historical-novel #history #holocaust #intrigue

We're always contradicting ourselves. We want people to tell us apart.... ...yet we don't want them to be able to. We want people to get to know us... ...but we also want them to keep their distance. We've always longed for someone to accept us... But we never believed there'd be anyone who would accept our twisted ways. That's why we'll stay locked up tight... ...in our own little private world... ...and throw away the key, so that no one can ever hurt us. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#ouranhighschoolhostclub #psychology #twins #lonely