"Here's the thing: You rescue us every day in small, quiet ways, so why not in this way? Let us into your mystery, tell us how you would like to be loved, show us how to see you, really see you."

-- Chris Abani

#Why Not Quotes #Way Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“Once in a while - perhaps every 10 years, or even every generation - a novel appears that profoundly questions the way we look at the world, and at ourselves. Beijing Coma is a poetic examination not just of a country at a defining moment in its history, but of the universal right to remember and to hope. It is, in every sense, a landmark work of fiction”

Source : "Growing up in the world". www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.
“The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own and learn from them. That is the art of democracy. That is the art of citizenship.”
“I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so that part of each paycheck goes straight into your savings account.”

Source : "The Great Debate: To Automate or Not" by Alexa von Tobel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2010.
“To insure the continuity of philanthropy, we must instill in kids the values and attitudes that will enable them to see charity as a vital part of their lives.”
“Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and exploited for his purposes the powerful socialist traditions of Germany. The adjectives 'socialist' and 'worker' in the official name of Hitler's party ('The Nationalist-Socialist German Workers' Party') had not merely propagandistic value... On one occasion, in the midst of World War II, Hitler even declared that 'basically National Socialism and Marxism are the same.'”

Source : "Property and Freedom". Book by Richard Pipes, 1999.
“Saying spirituality cannot exist without religion is like saying hamburgers cannot exist without McDonald's.”
“If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form”

Source : "Will Smith backs Obama's gay marriage stance". www.yahoo.com. May 14, 2012.
“What will they think of me? Must be put aside for bliss”

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