history series → la pucelle d’orléans [jeanne d’arc]
i am not afraid; i was born to do this
#guys let me tell you about my love affair with joan of arc #because here was this girl #(and she was a girl) #to whom god did not say—be innocent and virtuous you precious little flower #he said—lead an army and free your people #he said—you are the vessel through which I will pour my justice and my wrath #he said—people will dismiss you #he said—people will scorn you and scoff at you #he said—but never forget that you are my chosen vessel and through you I shall work wonders and wreck destruction #and joan probably didn’t believe him because she was a 14-year-old illiterate peasant girl #what the fuck kind of destiny was this for her? #but still she rode forth #and still she conquered (notbecauseofvictories)
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”