"Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some grey pink with the large, round surprised eyes of all fish, in which we humans cannot read any expression of pain or suffering, so that, as with insects or mollusks, we feel absolved of their deaths."

-- Kuki Gallmann

#Pain Quotes #Taken Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.”
“Envy is the cause of political division.”
“You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.”
“As we drove uptown, I spotted a Kmart on a corner,with its familiar red sign.I cleared my throat."Wait. Can we stop for a minute?" "What for?" "Just - I need a few things." He looked irritated, but pulled into a metered space. "We don't really have time to go shopping." I glared at him."yeah, excuse me for being so frivolous. You have your suitcase all packed already; I dont even have clean underwear.I'll be right back.”

Source : L.A. Weatherly (2010). “Angel: The Angel Trilogy”, p.76, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.”
“The lows are disappointing but that makes the highs much sweeterThat's what drives you to compete.”
“Better--while life is quick And every pain immense and joy supreme, And all I have and am Flames upward to the dream ... Than like a taper forgotten in the dawn, Burning out the quick.”

Source : Lola Ridge (1918). “The Ghetto, and Other Poems”

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