people are hung sometimes . . .
Joan of Arc on truth. (The Commonplace Project #6)
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“Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.”
— Joan of Arc, quoted from her trial transcripts in this book.
Today is Joan of Arc’s birthday. She’d be 607 years old.
I nearly chose this quote instead: I am not afraid . . . I was born to do this.
But there was something about the one I did chose that struck me.
This article about Joan d’Arc and how she affected a war was interesting.
I watched the movie The Messenger last night. It’s Hollywood-ized, of course. But interesting, still.
