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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. — Aesop

Is there a living man in the country?" cried the Russian hero. I cry the same, though I am not a hero, and no one answers my cry. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Every human being is bound to taste death: and you shall receive your rewards in full on the Day of Resurrection. He who is kept away from the Fire and is admitted to Paradise, will surely triumph; for the life of this world is nothing but an illusory enjoyment. — Anonymous

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion. — Democritus

Bitch."
"Slut."
"Whore."
"Cunt."
I kicked Joyce in the shin. I draw the line at cunt. — Janet Evanovich

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person. — Sally Field

Photographs attract false beliefs the way flypaper attracts flies. — Errol Morris

Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted. — Rabbi Akiva

Although she entirely understood the argument in favour of openness, there were limits to the extent to which one should speak frankly. She did not agree with the custom that was sometimes followed in Africa of avoiding direct confrontation with those with whom one disagreed - that led to all sorts of failures, she knew - but one should still be careful to avoid hurting feelings by challenging others too openly. Often it was better to be gentle - to say something in such a way that the person criticised did not feel too humiliated. It was all a question of face, she decided: you had to leave room for face to be saved. She — Alexander McCall Smith

I don't know if I've vanished by then in this memory, or if it never happened and it's one of the things I dream that's only grief and sand.

I don't know if this is a mistake I'm making, or if this is something Fairuz built - a place for us to be alone, a language she wrote on her back so she would have a way to reach me that I would understand. — Genevieve Valentine