Ory And Crake Quotes & Sayings

If we can't take care of each other now, when the world is going to shit, how are we ever going to make it? — Gary Shteyngart

We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You couldn't get a decent drink in either of them, for a start. And the boredom you got in Heaven was almost as bad as the excitement you got in Hell. — Terry Pratchett

Sometimes family isn't about the people you're born to, but those who care enough about you to support you . . . or pull a few favors to help right a wrong for someone you know. — Catherine Bybee

strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit — Meg Wolitzer

It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom. — Sri Chinmoy