"But try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one."

-- Michael Morpurgo

#Trying Quotes #Might Quotes #Pastries Quotes

“Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane”
“Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.”

Source : Will Cuppy, P. G. Wodehouse (2005). “How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes”, p.29, David R. Godine Publisher
“The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldnt bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.”
“My employer uses twenty-six years of my life for every year I get to keep. And what do I get in return for the enormous thing I am giving? What do I get in return for my life?”

Source : Michael Ventura (1993). “Letters at 3am: reports on endarkenment”, Spring Pubns
“And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.”
“He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ***** comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?”
“The poor know they are in need.”

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