"...the greatest source of misery in the world, the greatest cause of anguish and hatred and sadness and death, was neither disease nor race nor religion. It was hope."

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Source : Shalom Auslander (2012). “Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel”, p.40, Penguin

Shalom Auslander

#Sadness Quotes #Race Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be. But it's been a process of trial and error.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You hear these stories about people who take apart their radio and put it back. Or just learn a lot from taking it apart. But I wasn't as into that stuff as I was just into how computer programs work..”
“Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.”
“If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday's time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make people feel good. They were singing fast - and she was singing the blues.”
“I have to admit that talking authoritatively about my students' stories can make me feel, at times, like an astronaut who has just landed on a new planet and insists on giving guided tours to its inhabitants.”
“The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect”
“The material world will always attract a lot of women. A lot of people would be down for that, whatever the cost.”

Source : "William Moseley Talks THE ROYALS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 19, 2015.
“Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community.”

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