"If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Pride Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Remember Quotes

“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.”
“The proportionality of what has happened to America because of unemployment and housing makes everything else look like a flea on a dog's ass.”
“Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.”

Source : Paul Hawken (2007). “Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beau ty to the World”, p.14, Penguin
“All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.”
“Ritualism is nothing more than a rut and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the depth.”
“What you consent to can only be discovered by an uncritical observation of your reactions to life. Your reactions reveal where you live psychologically; and where you live psychologically, determines how you live here in the outer visible world.”
“It needs to be said that sometimes my mom forgets important details when she talks. Like the time she told us she was considering leather (couches, it turns out), or when I was little and she said, "Here's a napkin to put your balls in" (the Atomic Fireballs that I was eating, she meant).”

Source : Bill Konigsberg (2013). “Openly Straight”, p.93, Scholastic Inc.
“Deep-seated are the wounds of civil brawls.”

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