Nonobligatory Quotes & Sayings

The poor serve the elite, and they have too much fear to stop. So the poor get poorer, and the elite stay safe and powerful. — Chelsie Shock

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'. — Hugh Leonard

Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other's company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing. — Kate Christensen

I almost shit my pants and shriek to high heaven when a loud knock comes from the outside of the car — Belle Aurora

The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack. — James Howell

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms. — Gerald Brenan