"I hope I'll have a history," cried Emily. "I want a thrilling career."
"We all do, foolish one. Do you know what makes history? Pain--and shame--and rebellion--and bloodshed and heartache. [Emily], ask yourself how many hearts ached--and broke--to make those crimson and purple pages in history that you find so enthralling. I told you the story of Leonidas and his Spartans the other day. They had mothers, sisters, and sweethearts. If they could have fought a bloodless battle at the polls wouldn't it have been better if not so dramatic...And, like all female creatures, you form your opinions by your feelings. Well, hope for your thrilling career--but remember that if there is to be a drama in your life somebody must pay the piper in the coin of suffering. If not you--them someone else."
~LM Montgomery, Emily of New Moon
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