[Responding to trick query about whether she believed herself in a state of grace:] If I am not, may it please God to bring me into it; if I am, may He preserve me in it.
Joan of ArcThe poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.
Joan of ArcIt is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
Joan of Arc