If you listen long enough to the whispers, you will hear the truth. Until then, I will tell you this: the world is made safe by a woman. She bound the monster up and cast him out, and the man who was left was saved.

E.K. Johnston
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This quote is from one of the most beloved stories in the Bible, the Book of Esther. It tells the tale of a Jewish woman who leads her people to freedom from a tyrannical king through cunning and determination.

Source: A Thousand Nights

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