#rot

My mom always said that if the Protestants catch a Catholic in their church, they feed them to the Jews. ↗

— Kate O'Brien

#catch #catholic #church #feed #jews

You think giving you a hug would give away too much?" he says. "You know," I say. "I really don't care." I stand on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. It is the best moment of my life. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#four #tobias #tris #veronica-roth #life

Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter. ↗

— Anacreon

#brings #brothers #cursed #enslaved #love

You protect your being when you love yourself better. That's the secret. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#better #love #love yourself #protect #secret

I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#got #her #i #librarian #me

I always say that bad women are fewer than men, but when you get one, they're fascinating because they're so rotten. ↗

— Ann Rule

#bad #because #fascinating #fewer #get

Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up. ↗

— Patrick Buchanan

#clean #culture #environmental #environmental protection #garbage

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#child #controversial #every #germ #ideas

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#courage #courage-to-be-oneself #independent-thought #lightning #lightning-rod

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers. ↗

— Tom Chapin

#guitar #i #playing #started