Regeneration Pat Barker Madness Quotes & Sayings

The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility. — Mahatma Gandhi

We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. — Salman Rushdie

Everyone had something disparaging to say about the unfortunate Maltyshcheva, and the conversation began crackling merrily like a kindling bonfire. — Leo Tolstoy

America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing. — Alexis De Tocqueville

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized. — Anson Mount

I'm a realist, but sometimes I find myself floating in fantasy. — Brittany Perloff

Whatever is, is right. — Alexander Pope

There is a question I have learned to ask myself when I am feeling bothered about others: am I holding myself to the same standard I am demanding of them? — The Arbinger Institute

But she knew this, - that it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of life were delightful, if only they could be used as the means to some end. As an end themselves they were nothing. — Anthony Trollope