"The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters ..."

-- Charlotte Charke

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“Meaning arises from loving life, not from goals or narratives.”
“My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.”
“Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.”
“What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But, of course, in this case, we will certainly fight with all our strength.”
“Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.”
“I hope that I'm the kind of person who would step in between somebody holding a gun at somebody else. I would like to be that stupid. I'd like to be that in love with life.”
“It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.92, Anchor
“Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada.”

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