"I shall pray to God to send charity to this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I shall ask Him if is indeed His will that a child should suffer and its soul be damned for a little blemish on the body....And I shall pray Him, too, that the hearts of the self-righteous may be broken..."

-- John Wyndham

#Children Quotes #Heart Quotes #Self Quotes

“One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.”
“One can't love humanity. One can only love people.”

Source : Graham Greene (1973). “The Collected Edition: The ministry of fear”
“Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece.”
“Anybody whos been to Ecuador wants to go back because its beautiful out there.”
“Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award our decisions in the same way; about which means of persuasion alone, I declare that the system-mongers of the present day busy themselves.”
“Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.”

Source : James Monroe (199?). “The Writings of James Monroe: 1817-1823”
“I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together.”
“The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of it and lies low over the earth, heavy and dense. Even the sea is wetter than usual!”

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