"Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another."

-- Sivananda

#Hate Quotes #Simple Quotes #World Quotes

“The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be seared with hate than dwarfed by self-abasement.”
“I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready.”
“But Lunch Isn't That Bad, Really Once I get used to having to eat with two people instead of one. Two people who have known each other for such a long time that they practically speak in code. Two people who are always saying, "Remember the time when this happened?" and "Remember the time when that happened?" (Which, of course, I never do, because I wasn't there.) Well, okay, it is that bad. It sucks, even.”

Source : Sonya Sones (2007). “What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know”, p.207, Simon and Schuster
“Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.”
“I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else.”
“I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.”
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

Source : Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.100, Macmillan
“We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.”

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