"We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices with the idea that I've made those choices for the greatest good. Sometimes someone suffers in the process, but I made the decision for the right reason. That should count for something, shouldn't it?"

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Source : Tami Hoag (2003). “Dust to Dust: A Novel”, p.193, Bantam

Tami Hoag

#Ideas Quotes #Decision Quotes #Choices Quotes

“There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
“The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.”

Source : Andrew Loomis (2017). “The Successful Drawing”, p.29, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA
“Once you lose attachment to how you want things to be because you realize you don't control anything, there's a curiously liberating aspect of that. I've always been a control freak, I've always felt that if I try hard enough, everyone I love will be kept safe and everything will be okay. Being shown, in such brutal terms, that that's simply not the way it works, in someways, it messed me up. I've been through hell, but on another level, if you pile up so much tragedy, it either destroys you, or you just start laughing about it. Because at the end of the day, no one gets out alive.”
“The framework of the artist's ideas is clearly only that which he is forever seeking for universality, and must be far wider than the framework of the ideals of the patriot.”
“We've had to be creative to get on the ballot.”
“The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up every bird watcher in the country.”
“Being alone is and nothing is altogether not.”
“There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.”

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