"It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Hurt Quotes #Pain Quotes #Ruins Quotes

“Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years, and I can answer without batting an eye: No. Accomplishments, applause, awards and fortune are rewards that often come as the result of hard work and a determined spirit, but there is something bigger. Something better. Something that will outlast the winningest season, the plushest corner office, the heftiest bonus and the loudest cheers. That something can only be found when we look beyond the final score.”
“You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless.”
“How do you tell somebody how to find what they're looking for when ten years ago you came from the same place, and have yet to find it yourself?”
“We would be much worse without Christianity; but we wouldn't know it.”
“Peace in patriarchy is war against women.”

Source : Maria Mies (1998). “Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour”, p.26, Palgrave Macmillan
“Tell yourself that the world is outside, that it's not to be hidden from you, that you are going to thrust yourself forward and be relaxed in the world. You have chosen a field where you're going to be hurt to the blood. But to retreat from the pain is death”
“The children are always the chief victims of social chaos.”
“If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats.”

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