"The truth will make you odd."

-- Judy Blume

#Truth Quotes #Odd Quotes

“Often when I write poetry I don't quite know what I'm saying myself. I mean, I can't restate the poem. The meaning of the poem is the poem.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.
“Factory farming isn't just killing: It is negation, a complete denial of the animal as a living being with his or her own needs and nature. It is not the worst evil we can do, but it is the worst evil we can do to them.”

Source : Matthew Scully (2011). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.289, Souvenir Press
“To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop a philosophy early in life which permits them to have as much pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction now as is possible without injuring themselves or others. Money can help to do this, but it is not and must not become the sole aim of a person's existence. We all know what happened to King Midas.”
“A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.”
“Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”

Source : "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.
“He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be like beating a dog after it has loosed it's bladder. The spirit is already broken in him.”

Source : Conn Iggulden (2013). “Conqueror: The Complete 5-Book Collection”, p.149, HarperCollins UK
“...of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant.”

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