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Esther Forbes
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“If he still were in England and were the man whom this girl loved, she would probably seek him out — women have almost a genius for anticlimaxes.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: O Genteel Lady! (1926), ch. 9
“Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men—the actual man, the image, and the debunked remains.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (1942), note 54
“On rocky islands gulls woke.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just like the sun coming up yonder out of the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He had never in all his life slept in a bed alone — much less a whole room.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I knew he could learn — if he didn't get killed first. It was sink or swim for him — and happens he's swimming.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After that Johnny began to watch himself. For the first time he learned to think before he spoke.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man can stand up to anything with a good weapon in his hands. Without it, he's but a dumb beast.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Human relations never seem to stand completely still. This apple, for instance. It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skills ... we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then Johnny saw running down Cambridge road through the bushes on Charlestown Common a scurry of red ants. ... Those red ants were British soldiers. ... You could see the flash of musket fire, too far away to be heard. Fireflies swarming, hardly more than that.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How old are you, Johnny?" she asked. "Sixteen." "And what's that — a boy or a man?" He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hundreds would die, but not the thing they died for. A man can stand up.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marge: It's about a boy who goes to war. His hand is deformed in an accident. Bart: Deformed? Why didn't you say so? They should call this book Johnny Deformed.”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bart [burning books]: So long, Johnny Tremain. Your Newberry award won't save you now!”
Esther Forbes (1891–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source