Odorata Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps I may record here my protest against the efforts, so often made, to shield children and young people from all that has to do with death and sorrow, to give them a good time at all hazards on the assumption that the ills of life will come soon enough. Young people themselves often resent this attitude on the part of their elders; they feel set aside and belittled as if they were denied the common human experiences. — Jane Addams

Be greatly encouraged! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Yes, I'm adopted.
My folks were not blessed
With me in the usual way.
But they picked me,
They chose me
From all the rest,
Which is lots more than most kids can say. — Shel Silverstein

I was an awful, awful person. Yup. My world was full of colour. Red for want. Yellow for shame. Green for jealousy. — Samantha Young

I become an actress to do things that scare the sh*t out of me and I felt like I didn't stand a chance to get this part because people have preconceived notions about me, but if they gave me the part, I would do everything in my power to not screw it up. — Lizzy Caplan

Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations. — Bryan Caplan

When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in. — Lidia Yuknavitch

He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along. — Patrick Stump