"Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed."

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Source : R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.305, Knopf Books for Young Readers

R. J. Palacio

#Be Kind Quotes #Enough Quotes #Should Quotes

“We live fragmented, compartmentalized lives in which contradictions are carefully sealed off from each other. We have been taught to think linearly rather than comprehensively, and we do this not through conscious design or because we are not intelligent or capable, but because of the way in which deep cultural undercurrents structure life in subtle but highly consistent ways that are not consciously formulated.”
“These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.”
“Other things awaited. It was good to be young and to know it for once. So much unfolding to do.”
“Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will live that equalled or will equal him in the expression of thought. He simply read the book of nature and interpreted it from the standpoint of his own magnificent genius.”

Source : Joseph Devlin (2014). “How to Speak and Write Correctly (illustrated): Fully Formatted Version”, p.109, Full Moon Publications
“In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.”
“Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.”
“The law protects nothing in that very respect, in which it is, at the same time, in the eye of the law, a crime.”
“White supremacy will be strengthened, not weakened, by women's suffrage.”

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