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"My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met."
"A land is precious, but ours is to be revered."
"Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. It says: 'I was here. I may be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'"
"I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America's first black president? Pretty cool, I bet."
"In the early days of the December that my father was to die, my younger brother brought me the news that I was a Jew. I was then a transplanted Englishman in America, married, with one son and, though unconsoled by any religion, a nonbelieving member of two Christian churches. On hearing the tidings, I was pleased to find that I was pleased."
"A plaited link exists between every person and his or her ancestors, not simply through genealogical records, but in the same manner that the soul of a child, from which we sprang from, traces a direct connection to the matured soul of the adult."
Explore more quotes by Amy Leigh Mercree
"When you give your mind, body, and heart the message that you are worth the effort of being conscious, miraculous things start to happen."
"Your inner essence can innovate and inspire. Harness that dynamism and embrace the positive change you can create."
"I am worthy of daily joy, and I will treat myself to a glorious day of complete bliss at least once per month."
"Love drips like honey from the hive, constant, sweet, precious, into your heart each and every moment if you let it."
"Making time to experience joy is the single most important thing you can do to heal your heart."
"Women united can create movements. We can empower entire generations. We can build peace one action at a time. Together we rise. The time is now."
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