"The betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe. If this were not so there would be no moral standards in the world at all."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Betrayal Quotes #Believe Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“There is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. All of us, today, are dying of this misfortune. For violence and hatred dry up the heart itself; the long fight for justice exhausts the love that nevertheless gave birth to it.”
“You take insult where none is intended, but if you will find insult where none is meant, then perhaps I should try harder to insult on purpose.”
“Every moment an epiphany arrives and cleaves the mountain asunder”
“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”
“It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.”

Source : Willa Cather (1990). “Willa Cather in Person: Interviews, Speeches, and Letters”, p.47, U of Nebraska Press
“I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have a naughty temper. I am stubborn, impatient of hindrances and of stupidity. I have not in the truest sense a Christian spirit. I am naturally a fighter. I am lazy. I put off till tomorrow what I might better do today. I do not feel that I have been compensated for the two senses I lack. I have worked hard for all the senses I have got, and always I beg for more.”
“Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.”
“I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.”

Source : Source: articles.latimes.com

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