"It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end."

-- Lydia M. Child

#Responsibility Quotes #Equality Quotes #Men Quotes

“Anytime something becomes widely condemned and taboo, it will be eroticized.”
“A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.”

Source : Rachel Simon (2011). “The Story of Beautiful Girl”, p.192, Hachette UK
“Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to try and make something you're proud of.”
“This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.”

Source : Dennis Lehane (2010). “Shutter Island”, p.65, Hachette UK
“And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles.”
“Family. A snug kind of word.”
“Worm theology is too high for me.”
“You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt.”

Source : "How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2014.

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