Good Oc Quotes & Sayings

For every Aruna story we hear there are hundreds of thousands that will never be heard, swept under the great rug of shame societies have so eloquently woven. It is up to us to speak up, to lift this heavy rug and reveal the ugliness it conceals. — Aysha Taryam

Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard. — Phil Donahue

The Bible's "it's better to give than receive" was not the raving of a lunatic. It goes back to a recurring theme that I've found in almost all my experiments: behaviour shapes your thoughts. My brain sees me giving a gift to Julie. My brain concludes I must really love her. I love her all the more. Which means I'm happier in my relationship, if a bit poorer. — A. J. Jacobs

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. — Taylor Swift

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization. — Kathleen Hanna

I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know about the period, you can read the books, you can see the paintings, but you've never actually going to know what it was like. You can kind of stretch those boundaries a bit. — Keira Knightley

There once was a girl named Destiny. She was the fastest runner in the world. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't outrun who she was. Then she met a boy. He said his name was also Destiny, and for the first time in her life, she didn't feel like she was running alone. — Nyrae Dawn

When the slugs begin to talk there's no time to lose. — Margaret Atwood

Here I am ... wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end
that there is such a thing as death. — Leo Tolstoy

P.S.2. I have put in a new pen. And I love you because you aren't pompous like Dr. Carter ... and I love you because you haven't got sticky-out ears like Johnny. And ... the very best reason of all ... I love you for just being Gilbert! — L.M. Montgomery

Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system. — Azar Nafisi

Everything we do affects other people. — Luke Ford

One hamburger stand on the entire beach. It felt un-American. — Becca Fitzpatrick

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. — Twyla Tharp