Chusma Quotes & Sayings

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. — Viktor E. Frankl

You lame moron. What a stupid thing to say. She tells you she loves you and you come back with "That's nice"? Gods! You might as well tell her that her ass is fat and go ahead and get the groin kick. This time you deserve it.
- Syn — Sherrilyn Kenyon

In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas - kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile. — Bo Lozoff

You mean you don't want to come in and hold my hand while I piss? — Nenia Campbell

The whole building was probably listening in on her escandalo through the pipes; maybe even the whole block could hear. That tells you how mad she was, because if there's one thing Ma hates, it's looking low. The worst thing you can be is a chusma. She thinks we get a bad rap as Latinos, which she's always trying to undo by being extra quiet and polite all the time. — Meg Medina

That could be a problem," Glo said, "since I seem to have made a combination of two spells. But here's the good news. I didn't have any powdered newt snot, so the spell is most likely temporary. — Janet Evanovich

Oh dear,' said Eddie. 'We'd better hurry. Tinto, call me a cab.'
All right,' said Tinto. 'You're a cab. — Robert Rankin

The worst pain you can imagine is when something you love goes away and nothing you can do will ever bring it back. — M.K. Meredith

Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft. — Judi Dench

Perfect obedience would be perfect happiness, if only we had perfect confidence in the power we were obeying. — Hannah Whitall Smith

All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way. — Charles Churchill

Whenever my behavior is biologically determined or socially conditioned, it is not truly free. To act freely, according to Kant, is to act autonomously. And to act autonomously is to act according to a law I give myself - not according to the dictates of nature or social convention. — Michael J. Sandel