"If we're going to live an ethical life, it's not enough just to follow the thou-shalt-nots. â€¦ If we have enough, we have to share some of that with people who have so little."

-- Peter Singer

#People Quotes #Littles Quotes #Ethical Quotes

“Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well...”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.
“The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.”
“It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.”
“Your believe is what makes you, coz you are the product of your thought... what you believe is what you become, no doubt.”
“Whenever a woman says 'We need to talk,' it means she's reached a decision and it's already too late for you to talk back.”
“Peasant people ... don't have a chance to share in the riches that the planet can offer because some people are taking off so much of the pleasures of this world, and there's only so much to go around.”
“Irabu is a fat, pus-y toad.”
“Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.”

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