"If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose."

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Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Carol Plum-Ucci

#Nice Quotes #Angel Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.”
“I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners of war.”
“I met this cowboy with a brown paper hat, paper waistcoat and paper trousers. He was wanted for rustling.”
“I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.”
“I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.”
“When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.”
“It became normal for women on the internet to adopt gender-neutral or male screen names.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.”

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