"That the good that we do might live on after us, while the evil lies interred with their bones."

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Source : Jennifer Lee Carrell (2007). “Interred with Their Bones”, p.361, Penguin

Jennifer Lee Carrell

#Lying Quotes #Evil Quotes #Might Quotes

“You have heard that Christ said, 'My words are spirit and they are life'. So are my words spirit and life; they will burn their way into your brain and you will never get away from them!”
“Lower your gaze because you become less of a human every time you stare at a woman and you stare at her like she's a piece of meat, like she's an animal. That just means you've lost respect for a fellow human being. You're looking at her like an ape looks at a female ape, like a dog looks at a female dog.That's all, you've turned into an animal. Regain your humanity. Lower your gaze.”
“Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.”
“I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.”
“I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.”
“You can't get different results by doing things the same way.”
“I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.”
“Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: somethingâ€™s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I wish to investigate it.”

Source : Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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