Page 130 Quotes

“The truth always arrive too late because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail's pace.”
― Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

“Life is too kind to men, whatever their color.”
― Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

“The issue is complex, but like many matters in Sudan, it is not as complex as Khartoum would want the west to believe.”
― Dave Eggers, What Is the What

“No one wants to get hurt."
" Well, maybe not, but sometime's it's worth it.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“But what other people in my social environment had done, and their guilt, were in any case a lot less bad than what Hanna had done. I had to point at Hanna. But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. Not only had I loved her, I had chosen her.
But love of our parents is the only love for which we are not responsible.”
― Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

“What place would that be, a whole world without roads? It was a panicking thought. A world without roads! He would go nowhere in such a place. He would be trapped where he was, he would have lived out his life only where he was born.”
― Lydia Millet, How the Dead Dream

“The looming storm broke in the end. And it is the storm I will remember, the sound of the downpour splattering over the steps of the Tuileries, the dark sky and the pink lightning. I could have stayed like that for centuries.”
― Hélène Berr

“There is a big difference between separation of church and state, and separation of God and state.

There is a rightful separation of church and state in the sense of function and jurisdiction. God does intend, however, for churches as well as civil governments to both function under His authority. Both have equal accountability under God.He is equally Lord of both. Separation of Church and state? Of course, in terms of function and jurisdiction. But separation of God and government? Try convincing God of that.”
― Christian Overman, Assumptions that Affect Our Lives

“An Ellen couldn’t be kept waiting that long. He laughed silently at himself. By the time he had the house, she’d be marrying off her granddaughters.”
― Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man

“This time Skye’s smile for her was as if they’d known each other for years.”
― Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man