"When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't hear the excuses he gave afterward. When I look at him, I see the boy who held my hand in the hospital when our mother broke her wrist and told me it would be all right. I see the brother who told me to make my own choices, the night before the Choosing Ceremony. I think of all the remarkable things he is--smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind."

-- Veronica Roth

#Mother Quotes #Brother Quotes #Smart Quotes

“If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?”
“I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.”
“There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: "Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."”
“Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don't; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us.”

Source : Matthew Scully (2011). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.14, Souvenir Press
“Standing before a camera isn't intimidating. It's more comfortable for me. I enjoy it now. I'm more aware of what to do.”
“It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”

Source : Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.4, Macmillan
“I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester.”
“I don't care if it's politics, religion or football. I believe you have to keep opening your mind. And shut your mouth sometimes!”

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