The Prince Edward Island Railway (PEIR) was a historic Canadian railway.
Read more about Prince Edward Island Railway: Construction, Confederation, Canadian Government Railways, Canadian National Railways, The Rise of Automobiles and Trucks, Ferry Service, The Decline of Rail On P.E.I., Deregulation and Abandonment, Preservation, Narrow-Gauge Locomotives, Diesel Locomotives, Railcars
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“For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
“I see you’re a man with ideals. I guess I better be going while you’ve still got them.”
—Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Flower Belle Lee (Mae West)
“Her personality had an architectonic quality; I think of her when I see some of the great London railway termini, especially St. Pancras, with its soot and turrets, and she overshadowed her own daughters, whom she did not understand—my mother, who liked things to be nice; my dotty aunt. But my mother had not the strength to put even some physical distance between them, let alone keep the old monster at emotional arm’s length.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)