"One cannot apologize for one's nature."

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Source : Matthew J. Kirby (2011). “Icefall”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

Matthew J. Kirby

#Apologizing Quotes

“If we were to go back in time 100 years and ask a farmer what he'd like if he could have anything, he'd probably say he wanted a horse that was twice as strong and ate half as many oats. He would not say he wanted a tractor. The point is, technology changes things so fast that many people aren't sure what the best solutions to their problems might be.”
“Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily evoked by his personal defects, who with a handsome person would have sunk into the luxury of a careless life under the tranquillizing smiles of continual admiration.”
“Through our soul is our contact with heaven.”
“We tiptoed the tops of beaver dams, hopped hummocks, went wading, looked at spring flowers, tried to catcha snake, got lost and found. How fine it was to move at a meandery, child's pace.”
“I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.”
“A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.”
“But if you love animals for all the right reasons- and that's just love and affection- then you're going to go after animals who need you.”
“I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.”

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