#burden

Physical attraction did its part to glue them together, but something stronger than sexual attraction sealed the bond. When men and women grow apart, it is for the same reason they are drawn together; because they are finally, inherently too different. Friendships among women, on the other hand, were burdened by similarity. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#bond #burdened #different #drawn #friendship

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal. ↗

— Jeff Sessions

#goal #harder #just #justice #lead

Every choice we make affects the other. It always has… We share our choices and our burdens. But that way neither of us has to carry the weight alone—You have never been alone. ↗

— Olivia Fuller

#burden #choice #love #love

[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#eyes #grief #hope #hopelessness #light

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#because #been #being #black #black americans

When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#change #descended #done #further #got

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#anything #believe #black #burden #could

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#about #am #bring #burden #continue

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. ↗

— Aeschylus

#burden #burdened #disease #doubles #groans

To the extent that I considered the personal burden of harming the people who had trusted me, plus the Agency, or the United States, I wasn't processing that. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#burden #considered #extent #had #harming