Legion of Steel/characters

Famous quotes containing the words legion, steel and/or characters:

    “I am sometimes told that “Women aint fit to vote. Why, don’t you know that a woman had seven devils in her: and do you suppose a woman is fit to rule the nation?” Seven devils aint no account; a man had a legion in him.”
    —Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883)

    “You don’t resign from these jobs, you escape from them.”
    —Dawn Steel (b. 1946)

    “The Nature of Familiar Letters, written, as it were, to the Moment, while the Heart is agitated by Hopes and Fears, on Events undecided, must plead an Excuse for the Bulk of a Collection of this Kind. Mere Facts and Characters might be comprised in a much smaller Compass: But, would they be equally interesting?”
    —Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)