"Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging"

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Source : Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.44, Harper Collins

Veronica Roth

#Mom Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Rude Quotes

“The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power”
“You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation.”
“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.174
“Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.”
“The problem is always sin, and the answer is always the Gospel.”
“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.”
“The flight from study and awareness is much too common in a world that throws too many confusing pictures to the individual. For the sake of our democracy, based on freedom and individualism, we have to bring ourselves back to study again and again. Otherwise, we can become easy victims of a well-planned verbal attack on our minds and our consciences.”
“Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.”

Source : "The Essentials: Krzysztof Kieslowski" by Rodrigo Perez, www.indiewire.com. March 13, 2013.

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