"We should not accept an evil we can change."

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Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.203, Delacorte Press

E. Lockhart

#Evil Quotes #Accepting Quotes #Should Quotes

“'What's the use of their having names the Gnat said, 'if they won't answer to them?' 'No use to them,' said Alice; 'but it's useful to the people who name them, I suppose. If not, why do things have names at all?' 'I can't say,' the Gnat replied.”
“Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a fundamental requirement of all artistic creativity that every student undergo a thorough training in the workshops of all branches of the crafts.”

Source : "Paul Klee, 1879-1940: Poet of Colours, Masters of Lines". Book by Paul Klee and Susanna Partsch, p. 47, 2000.
“Humans are the absolute worst thing to happen to this planet.”
“Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.”
“Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.”
“I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!”
“There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have been said or might have been done that never can be said or done.”
“Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.”

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