"When we realize that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or harm, itâ€™s easy to stay silent."

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

Robert Walser

#Damage Quotes #Wonderful Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“It's not about loving animals. It's about fighting injustice. My whole goal is for humans to have as little contact as possible with animals.”
“Oh, Rusty, why did you let her in?" Angela said. "We could have just lain down on the floor until she went away. We could've had a nice floor nap." "Have you guys eaten?" Kami asked. "I'm starving." "Cooking is so much trouble," Rusty said mournfully. "You could order in," Kami suggested. "Delivery people are so annoying," Angela responded.”
“Let today be the day you give up who you've been for who you can become.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Apr 28, 2017
“I say this as the president of the country which has suffered more deaths, more blood and more sacrifices in this war”

Source : "Guatemalan President Praises Colorado and Washington for Marijuana Legalization at UN Speech" By Daniel Robelo, www.huffingtonpost.com.
“If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to you is terror of losing it.”

Source : Amelie Nothomb (2007). “Fear and Trembling: A Novel”, p.68, Macmillan
“I wish I had [letters], can you imagine their value, and I don't mean merely financially. I am sure they were accidentally destroyed or that Schaub found them and destroyed them. [Adolf] Hitler didn't want those letters read by anyone but Eva [Braun] and had made that point clear in the course of the years.”
“Wright's building made it socially and culturally acceptable for an architect to design a highly expressive, intensely personal museum. In this sense almost every museum of our time is a child of the Guggenheim.”
“Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.”

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