"A big 'thank you' to George Demetrion for helping readers see that the center does hold. A wise and winsome work."

-- Gabriel Fackre

#Wise Quotes #Doe Quotes #Helping Quotes

“I want doctors to treat toward health and not treat toward disease,”
“After Iâ€™d told her â€“ the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair â€“ she said, â€˜Did he kiss you?â€™ â€˜John and Martin totally would have seen that,â€™ I said, and as I felt myself implying the circumstances had prevented our kissing, I thought maybe this was why you told stories to other people â€“ for how their possibilities enlarged in the retelling.”
“Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.”
“She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among predatory beasts, any display of weakness is an invitation to attack.”
“Even the smallest thing can be enough to encourage someone who has decided to give up hope.”

Source : Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1995). “The Godmother”, Ace Books
“You who look at everything through your perpetually open eyes, is your lucidity never bathed in tears?”

Source : Michel Serres (2016). “The Five Senses: A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies”, p.52, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Jane Goodall is my idol and someone I have always looked up to for the amazing work she has done with chimpanzees. She has transcended animal welfare as the voice for the voiceless and has changed many people's views about how they think and treat not only chimps but all of the amazing animals we share this planet with.”

Source : "Katie Cleary, President and Founder of Peace 4 Animals: Get Proactive!". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself with, while my heart's breaking.”

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