"Humanity and bestiality: when will the former finally be uttered with the flavor of hate and the latter with the flavor of love? Does a lion tear his fellow lion to pieces?"

-- Karl Kraus

#Hate Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Tears Quotes

“A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.”
“The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.”

Source : Robert Blair (1826). “Sacred poems: comprising The grave, by R. Blair: The last day, by E. Young: Death, by bishop Porteus: and some minor pieces. With memoirs and notes by S. Drew”, p.9
“Everything in modern civilization is based on this concept of time which is not really valid.”
“He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.”
“Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.”
“Faith is a practical attitude of the will.”
“I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.”

Source : Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.10, Macmillan
“I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.”

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