"Every war is a national misfortune."

-- Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

#War Quotes #Misfortunes Quotes

“It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit down to them from time to time. It was largesse that made us all; we were not created to fast forever... Enter here, therefore, as a sovereign remedy for the narrowness of our minds and the stinginess of our souls.”
“Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is cutting timber good or bad? And I don't feel like the answers to those questions are simple, so we don't try to answer them for the audience. I wanted to elicit the strongest - and most heartfelt - arguments from the characters in the film and let those arguments bang up against the strongest arguments of their opponents.”
“The Lord will never forsake or abandon anyone, You may abandon him, but he will not abandon you. You never need to feel that you are alone.”
“What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it's gone.”
“What we often take to be family values--the work ethic, honesty, clean living, marital fidelity, and individual responsibility--are in fact social, religious, or cultural values. To be sure, these values are transmitted by parents to their children and are familial in that sense. They do not, however, originate within the family. It is the value of close relationships with other family members, and the importance of these bonds relative to other needs.”
“I went back to work right away [after prison]. I was very lucky â€” a friend of mine created a job for me at his company. Most prisoners who come home face really significant challenges when it comes to finding work. Itâ€™s very, very hard for most people who have a criminal record to get a job. I think the system is very wasteful of taxpayersâ€™ dollars. Itâ€™s also very wasteful of human potential. I found that most people whom I was locked up with were, you know, good people who have skills and value. Prison is a missed opportunity to nurture those things.”
“Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.”
“Janieâ€™s hip buzzes again. Maybe she'll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That would really suck.”

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