"I have been disappointed in all my expectations of Australia, except as to its wickedness; for it is far more wicked than I have conceived it possible for any place to be, or than it is possible for me to describe to you in England."

-- Henry Parkes

#Australia Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Wicked Quotes

“I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I think we've moved beyond that Africans vs. African Americans. They may have more issues with us than we do with them.”
“The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfectionâ€”and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.”
“No one you love is ever truly lost.”
“Fear may fill our world, but it doesnâ€™t have to fill our hearts.”
“All I have going is my looks. When my beauty goes, I'm through.”
“Everywhere animals are in chains, but we image them as free.”

Source : Carol J. Adams (2015). “The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory”, p.24, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“Happy is the child who happens in upon his parents from time to time to see him on his knees, or going aside regularly, to keep times with the Lord.”
“Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just.”

Source : 'They Are All Gone' from 'Silex Scintillans' (1650-5)

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