"How quickly a person in pain whom you can't help becomes a reproach. And then, no doubt, a thorn."

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Source : Beth Richardson Gutcheon (1983). “Without a trace”, Dell Pub Co

Beth Richardson Gutcheon

#Pain Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Helping Quotes

“Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.”
“Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make noneâ€¦so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all,”
“I'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.”
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”
“In a way, I think religion is to be admired for asking the right questions. I just think it's got the wrong answers.”
“I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.”
“In a very real sense, we are shipwrecked passengers on a doomed planet. Yet, even in a shipwreck, human decencies and human values do not necessarily vanish, and we must make the most of them. We shall go down, but let it be in a manner to which we may look forward as worthy of our dignity.”

Source : Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.40, Da Capo Press
“Dear Humanity; we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!”

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