"Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude."

-- Lu Xun

#Gratitude Quotes #People Quotes #Heartfelt Quotes

“Some people change. Most people don't. Accepting this makes it much harder for them to disappoint you.”
“I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.”
“The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.”
“A lot of people forget that R&B put hip-hop on, R&B put rock on.”
“Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires.”
“No one ever thinks they’re awful, even people who really actually are. It’s some sort of survival mechanism.”

Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.110, Vintage
“From the time I entered cabinet, the emphasis was on reforms, but reforms which did not abolish separate development, but reforms which were aimed at changing the very, very dehumanising aspects. Giving greater freedom of movement, giving private property ownership within so-called white South Africa also to blacks. Abolishing the concept of job reservation on the basis of race and colour. Allowing free organisation for trade unions, also black trade unions.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon.”

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