Jane Grey Swisshelm

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    “Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “Nothing could add to the shudder of going into the house, and she seemed so grieved and frightened that my heart was touched, and I was sorry for her that we had ever met.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “These little grey cells. It is “up to them.””
    —Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

    “You should try to understand every thing you see and hear; to act and judge for yourselves; to remember you each have a soul of your own to account for; M a mind of your own to improve. When you once get these ideas fixed, and learn to act upon them, no man or set of men, no laws, customs, or combinations of them can seriously oppress you.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)