"The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the death penalty persists, conditions for those awaiting execution are often horrifying, leading to aggravated suffering."

-- Ban Ki-moon

#Suffering Quotes #Execution Quotes #Death Penalty Quotes

“The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. Now we see that when a kid is this crazy, he'll make the family begin to seem crazy.”
“There is the little matter of disposal of droppings in which the cat is far ahead of its rivals. The dog is somehow thrilled by what he or any of his friends have produced, hates to leave it, adores smelling it, and sometimes eats it.”

Source : Paul Gallico (1972). “Honorable Cat”, Three Rivers Press (CA)
“Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know”
“If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1998). “The Gate of Angels”, p.24, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.”
“The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .”
“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”

Source : Fay Weldon (2014). “Wicked Women”, p.246, Head of Zeus
“Seek wealth, it's good.”

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