Afflicts Def Quotes & Sayings

There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country. — Azim Premji

I am climbing to my freedom, freedom from fear, freedom from marrying the wrong person, like Buddy Willard, just because of sex, freedom from the Florence Crittenden Homes where all the poor girls go who should have been fitted out like me, because what they did, they would do anyway.. — Sylvia Plath

Upon row of books, most of them bound in leather, reached to the ceiling several stories over their heads, illuminated by the faint glow of autumn sunlight through the marble. It was truly striking. — Linda Sue Park

Message: I can make fun of myself despite my perfection: I am more like you in this regard: it's safe for you to like me: please desire me: please give me your money for the honor of desiring me. — Ryan Boudinot

This world is an awful/ugly place not to have a best friend. — Sarah Dessen

You have to stop crying, and you have to go kick some ass. — Lady Gaga

Parents talk a lot about how much strength and dedication it takes to raise a child. I think it also takes a lot of strength and dedication to carve out a life that doesn't seem normal to anyone else. — Jen Kirkman

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. — Herman Wouk

But the main reason for my immobility lay quite elsewhere. True enough, my uncle's betrayal had made me fiercely determined never to be beholden to anyone again - but back then my distrust of others had only reinforced my sense of self. The world might be rotten, I felt, but I at least am a man of integrity. But this faith in myself had been shattered on account of K. I suddenly understood that I was no different from my uncle, and the knowledge made me reel. What could I do? Others were already repulsive to me, and now I was repulsive even to myself. — Soseki Natsume

Frankly, I don't see markets; I see risks, rewards, and money. — Larry Hite

We gotta show up tomorrow ready to eat somebody's face. — Jayson Werth