Chapter 17 Born A Crime Quotes & Sayings

I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

He is the eye of my hurricane; the calm I am drawn to amid the chaos of my home. — Lauren Blakely

All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction. — Aberjhani

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow. — Caryl Chessman

what terrifies me most is how we
foam at the mouth with envy
when others succeed
but sigh in relief
when they are failing

our struggle to
celebrate each other is
what's proven most difficult
in being human — Rupi Kaur

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief. — Alison Croggon

I'm trying to understand how time works. And that's a huge question that has lots of different aspects to it. — Sean M. Carroll

Hope and faith are loaded guns. Everything I had ever been taught told me things that were too good to be true usually are. It was a silly thought to think that I could get out of these hills. It was a silly thought to think that the life I was born into was something that could be so easily left behind. Some were destined for bigger things, far off places and such. But some of us were glued to this place and we live out what little bit of life we were given until we were just another body buried on uneven ground. — David Joy

Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself — Oprah Winfrey

Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel. — Kevin Crossley-Holland

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise Britain. — Martin Parr

Men have sacrificed so much for their beliefs. Country. Kings. Queens. Political systems. God. Love . It doesn't seem very noble to simply let something you believe in, someone you love, just walk away. To give up without a fight. — Dan Skinner

I'd be happy to live till 80 as long as I was comfortable and in good health. Mind you, ask me again on the eve of my 80th birthday. Even so, I hope we don't all start living to be 120. I'm not sure I'd cope with another 60 years. — Bonnie Tyler

Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you. — Jodie Foster