"Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head."

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Source : "Treasury of Thought: Forming an encyclopædia of quotation from ancient and modern authors". Book edited by Maturin Murray Ballou, p. 123, 1894.

Pierre Charron

#Revenge Quotes #Children Quotes #Fire Quotes

“But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.”

Source : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1935). “The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography”, p.321, Univ of Wisconsin Press
“What you do with your resources in this life is your autobiography.”
“She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.”
“We should differentiate between criminals who make violent threats online, and trolls who are just arseholes”
“Go to bed when summers ends, what a good idea; wake up bright and early when birds announce its spring.”
“But it's never just been the journals that have made the difference, I don't think. It's also the way the students are with one anotherÂ .Â .Â . the way they talk about books and authors and themselves. Not just their problems, but their passions too. The way they form a little society and discuss whatever matters to them. Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.”
“The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.”
“I would play with numbers in a way that other kids would play with their friends.”

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