"I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness."

-- Vasily Grossman

#Kindness Quotes #Believe Quotes #Humans Quotes

“What the world needs is not romantic lovers who are sufficient unto themselves, but husbands and wives who live in communities, relate to other people, carry on useful work and willingly give time and attention to their children.”
“Noir is where the clarity of moral divisions break down, the black and whites turn into grays.”
“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.”
“Non-reaction is a language that everyone understands. It communicates to the offender and causes him to be upset with the upset that he intended for you.”
“Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I sip it like a liqeur until the thought dissolves in me like alcohol, infusing brain and heart and coursing on through the veins to the root of each blood vessel.”

Source : Bohumil Hrabal (1992). “Too Loud a Solitude”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“A dish around which I see too many people doesn't tempt me.”
“There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working.”

Source : "World's richest woman says poor should have less fun, work harder" by David Lazarus, articles.latimes.com. August 30, 2012.
“But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc

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