"I don't feel sure about doing good in any way now; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I don't know."

-- George Eliot

#People Quotes #Charity Quotes #Way Quotes

“I pretended indifferenceâ€¦even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.”
“Jason's favorite person in the entire universe was Jason Stackhouse.”
“I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.”
“Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a light bulb.”
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first subsidize.”
“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.”
“Be friendly but not chummy with your lawyers.”
“I have a black Grandma and white Grandma. My white Grandma lives in Fort Lauderdale, paints, and teaches bridge. She's wonderful. My black Grandma, equally wonderful, is my neighbor across the street, Bobbie, who's always insisted that I call her Grandma, and honestly, over the years she's become a real Grandma to me.”

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