"Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, EVERYTHING."

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Source : George Saunders (2014). “Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness”, p.38, A&C Black

George Saunders

#Dog Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Rainbow Quotes

“I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.”
“Integrity is not a character trait that one possesses more or less of but a sophisticated state of processing experience in the world one enters into in varying degrees. Integrating is a major developmental task at every stage of life.”
“The forest is a quiet place if only the best birds sing.”
“To all of us who hold the Christian belief that God is truth, anything that is true is a fact about God, and mathematics is a branch of theology.”
“(Art is) the residue of vision.”
“The day they put me in net I had a good game. I've stayed there ever since.”
“Don't invest in anything that you don't understand. Do your research first.”
“If a man does not investigate into the matter of bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave and manly death.”

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