"Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry. Its hard to trust again, hard to believe, easy to hate a system that destroyed your life behind the pompous pretense of saving you from yourself, for your own good."

-- Peter McWilliams

#Hate Quotes #Believe Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.52, Del Rey
“I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.”
“If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you - the dream or him.”

Source : Phil Vischer (2008). “Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables”, p.235, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Women tend to very much, very much think of money as a means to an end, not as an end in itself.”

Source : "Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest and the Gender Investing Gap". Interview With Will Greenberg, www.denver-frederick.com. August 18, 2016.
“I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.”
“My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth.”

Source : Juliet Marillier (2010). “Daughter of the Forest: Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy”, p.25, Macmillan
“We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?”
“I long to see everything, to know everything, to learn everything!.”

Source : Marie Bashkirtseff (1919). “Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884”

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