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Date Posted: Thu, May 12 2022, 21:41:00
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Friday, May 13, 2022

The following quote is from Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon, “Besieged.” Copyright ©2017 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘Ah,’ he said. ‘I wondered whether perhaps you meant it for publication. Many’—he choked off the words ‘old people’ just in time, replacing them with—‘people who’ve led interesting lives choose to, er, share their adventures in print.’
That made her laugh. It was no more than a low, soft laugh, but nonetheless it brought tears to her eyes, and he thought it was because he’d inadvertently cracked the shell she’d built over the course of the last weeks and let her own feelings bubble back to the surface. The thought made him happy, but he looked down to hide it, pulled a clean handkerchief from his sleeve, and handed it to her without comment.
‘Thank you, dear,’ she said, and, having dabbed her eyes, shook her head.
‘Persons who have truly interesting lives never write about them, John—or not with an eye to publication, at least. The ability to keep their own counsel is one of the things that makes them interesting and is also what causes other truly interesting people to confide in them.’”

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[> That is a very interesting and mindful thought to start the day. Sometimes I forget about just how many great women are in this story. Benedicts’s book would surely be irresistible reading. These conversations made me think they know but respect each other’s private lives. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, May 13 2022, 4:18:38


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[> [> I agree, Benedicta's story would be very interesting. She had Paul and Edgar with her first husband who was quite dashing but she was 15 when she married him. -- kgp, Fri, May 13 2022, 9:49:47


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[> [> [> I forgot all about them. I knew she had been married before. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, May 13 2022, 12:22:00


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