"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Friendship Quotes #Reliability Quotes #Tests Quotes

“White on rice. Green on grass. Sheets on a bed. Him on her.”
“My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course.”
“There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.”
“I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?”
“Language is a virus, money is a nasty disease.”
“But spirituality, it seems to me, when answering the question, "Why should I be good? Why should I care for others?" says, "Because that is the best, most fulfilling way to live" Whether or not you receive an award or a payment is incidental. You are good and kind and loving because it is right, even though it is difficult sometimes. It fulfills the highest law, to treat others as we wish to be treated.”
“I just don't feel the whole white guilt and pussy-footing around race issues. I'm completely above all that. I've never worried about what anyone might think of me 'cause I've always believed that the true of heart recognize the true of heart.”
“Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better”

Source : Kevin Henkes (1996). “Lilly's purple plastic purse”

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