“The promise of liberty is not written in blood or engraved in stone, it's embroidered into the fabric of our nation.”
―
Laura Kamoie,
My Dear Hamilton
“Sons of a revolution fight for liberty. They give blood, flesh, limbs, their very lives. But daughters . . . we sacrifice our eternal souls.” ― Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“I’m not only my father’s daughter, but also a daughter of the nation he founded. And protecting both is what I’ve always done.” ― Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“I was someone before I met Alexander Hamilton" ~ Betsy Schuyler” ― Laura Kamoie, My Dear Hamilton
“My father had once said on the eve of the Constitutional Convention, with respect to the dangers of a failed rebellion in Massachusetts, that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Only, here and now [in 1799], with so much turmoil in our young nations, I couldnt' help but wonder who was who.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“He's the beating pulse of every cause dear to me.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“An American too long in Europe loses his knowledge, his morals, his health, his habits, and his happiness.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“How would I be remembered by them, or would I be remembered at al? For memories were soon all that was to be left of me. And the sole, final hope I had was that somehow the memory of would matter - to my friends, to my lovers, to my country.” ― Laura Kamoie, Ribbons of Scarlet
“But women have to give hard thought to the men we'll wind up with. Make a mistake and get a drunk, a spendthrift, a cruel man. A man who won't keep his word. ... In marriage, man and woman become one, and that one is the husband.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“I'll tell you a secret about being happy. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it become real.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter: A Novel by
“Honor. Men would fight and die for it. Women would lie for it.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter: A Novel by
“I’ll tell you a secret about being happy, Tom. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it becomes real.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“My father had once said on the eve of the Constitutional Conventiion, with respect to the dangers of a failed rebellion in Massachusetts, that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Only, here and now [in 1799], I couldn't help but wonder who was who.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“You see, girls, I wooed your mother by making music with her in the parlor---me with my violin and tenor, she with her harpsichord and soprano. And when two other waiting suitors heard the beauty of our song, they left, vanquished, without another word, knowing they had heard the sound of true love.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
“So there was no one with whom I could share my bitter cup of poison. I would simply have to swallow the injustice down and lie about the taste until it killed me. Or until the shame of it burned me alive.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“No man should be judged only for his best act or his worst. By only his greatness or his flaws. It seems to me, that the only way to judge a person is by the sum of their deeds, good and bad. And in the balance, your father did far more good than harm. That's all any of us can aim to do with our lives.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
“His words were a mournful jumble, but the hoarse pleading, interspersed with agonized wails, made his lamentation understandable to any living soul. Even Caractacus, whose ears rotated to the rear. That one small movement was my only proof that someone shared Papa's grief with me, carried the burden of it, too. It made no matter that a horse couldn't speak words of comfort. His very presence, and that turn of his ears, made it possible for me to shoulder my father's outburst.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“No man should be judged only for his best act or his worst. By only his greatness or his flaws. It seems to me, that the only way to judge a person is by the sum of their deeds, good and bad. And in the balance, your father did far more good than harm. That's all any of us can aim to do with our lives.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
“I’ll tell you a secret about being happy, Tom. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it becomes real.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
“Sons of a revolution fight for liberty. They give blood, flesh, limbs, their very lives. But daughters . . . we sacrifice our eternal souls.” ― Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“I’m not only my father’s daughter, but also a daughter of the nation he founded. And protecting both is what I’ve always done.” ― Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“I was someone before I met Alexander Hamilton" ~ Betsy Schuyler” ― Laura Kamoie, My Dear Hamilton
“My father had once said on the eve of the Constitutional Convention, with respect to the dangers of a failed rebellion in Massachusetts, that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Only, here and now [in 1799], with so much turmoil in our young nations, I couldnt' help but wonder who was who.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“He's the beating pulse of every cause dear to me.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“An American too long in Europe loses his knowledge, his morals, his health, his habits, and his happiness.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“How would I be remembered by them, or would I be remembered at al? For memories were soon all that was to be left of me. And the sole, final hope I had was that somehow the memory of would matter - to my friends, to my lovers, to my country.” ― Laura Kamoie, Ribbons of Scarlet
“But women have to give hard thought to the men we'll wind up with. Make a mistake and get a drunk, a spendthrift, a cruel man. A man who won't keep his word. ... In marriage, man and woman become one, and that one is the husband.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“I'll tell you a secret about being happy. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it become real.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter: A Novel by
“Honor. Men would fight and die for it. Women would lie for it.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter: A Novel by
“I’ll tell you a secret about being happy, Tom. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it becomes real.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“My father had once said on the eve of the Constitutional Conventiion, with respect to the dangers of a failed rebellion in Massachusetts, that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Only, here and now [in 1799], I couldn't help but wonder who was who.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“You see, girls, I wooed your mother by making music with her in the parlor---me with my violin and tenor, she with her harpsichord and soprano. And when two other waiting suitors heard the beauty of our song, they left, vanquished, without another word, knowing they had heard the sound of true love.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
“So there was no one with whom I could share my bitter cup of poison. I would simply have to swallow the injustice down and lie about the taste until it killed me. Or until the shame of it burned me alive.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
“No man should be judged only for his best act or his worst. By only his greatness or his flaws. It seems to me, that the only way to judge a person is by the sum of their deeds, good and bad. And in the balance, your father did far more good than harm. That's all any of us can aim to do with our lives.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
“His words were a mournful jumble, but the hoarse pleading, interspersed with agonized wails, made his lamentation understandable to any living soul. Even Caractacus, whose ears rotated to the rear. That one small movement was my only proof that someone shared Papa's grief with me, carried the burden of it, too. It made no matter that a horse couldn't speak words of comfort. His very presence, and that turn of his ears, made it possible for me to shoulder my father's outburst.” ― Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie, America's First Daughter
“No man should be judged only for his best act or his worst. By only his greatness or his flaws. It seems to me, that the only way to judge a person is by the sum of their deeds, good and bad. And in the balance, your father did far more good than harm. That's all any of us can aim to do with our lives.” ― Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
“I’ll tell you a secret about being happy, Tom. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it becomes real.” ― Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
