"Once you have the gallows, you'll find new reasons to hang people from it."

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Orson Scott Card

#People Quotes #Reason Quotes #Gallows Quotes

“Anger kills both laughter and joy;What greater foe is there than anger?”
“Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, standing elbow to elbow cooking at the same small stove, squeezing past each other on the narrow stairs, shaving in front of the same small bathroom mirror, constantly jogging, jostling, bumping against each otherâ€™s bodies by mistake or on purpose, sensually, aggressively, awkwardly, impatiently, in rage or in love â€“ think what deep though invisible tracks they must leave, everywhere, behind them!”

Source : Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, James P. White (1989). “Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader”, Vintage
“Good luck with your asparagus.”
“Images contaminate us like viruses.”
“You can accomplish amazing things with this if you have a passion and you work hard - I just think itâ€™s a cop out to say 'I wasnâ€™t born with this, so itâ€™s OK if I fail'. You can make up the difference with hard work and devotion.”
“Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour.”
“Almost all people suffer some form of intense inner pain at some times in their lives. The suffering might be depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or suicidal thoughts and it results from the battles we wage against our thoughts as we futilely try to get rid of our historie.”
“A man's inner nature is revealed by what he praises-a man is self-judged by what he says of others. Thus a man is judged by his standards, by what he considers the best. And you can't find a more crucial test. It reveals the soul.”

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