"Willie said normal was boring and that I should be grateful that I had a touch of spice. She said no one cared about boring people, and when they died, they were forgotten, like something that slips behind the dresser."

-- Ruta Sepetys

#Grateful Quotes #People Quotes #Spices Quotes

“To the extent that these [New Deal policies] developed, they were tortured interpretations of a document [the Constitution] intended to prevent them.”
“The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.”

Source : A Texan in England ch. 1 (1945)
“I'm holding out a little hope personally because I want to be back, but this injury could take a year to fully recover. The last thing I want to do is feel like I'm OK, come out early and be vulnerable to further injury.”
“No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever.”
“There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for--that's how you gain respect. But, little one, ain't nobody's respect worth more than your own.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.128, Penguin
“There's so much to say, the human race will be extinct long before everything which could be said has been said.”
“Prayer is more than a wish; it is the voice of faith directed to God.”
“In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.”

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