"I haven't decided if he deserved to eat bread made out of sticks or live in a rancid puddle, probably because I haven't made up my mind whether anyone deserves such treatment, though I suspect that the day a person gives up on the Geneva Conventions is the day a person gives up on the human race."

-- Sarah Vowell

#Giving Up Quotes #Race Quotes #Mind Quotes

“In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.”
“In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.”
“Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.”
“The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point of view. To achieve that naturalism, I used a screen in front of a camera as I interviewed him”
“His scars were hidden and safe in her hand.”
“I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films.”

Source : Samuel Fuller, Christa Fuller, Jerome Rudes (2002). “A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking”, Knopf
“I have noticed that the Universe loves Gratitude. The more Grateful you are, the more goodies you get”
“Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for thatâ€”because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess waiting to happen. Harmony is flexible. It bends with imperfection. So should you.”

Source : Jerry Spinelli, Eileen Spinelli (2014). “Today I Will”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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