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#unkindness

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But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.


Preston Brooks


#down #expulsion #future #history #i

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.


Patrick White


#continued #did #early #fortunately #i

Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing.


Enid Blyton


#looking-back #punishments #remorse #undo-past-mistakes #undone

Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time.


Richelle E. Goodrich


#punishment #richelle #richelle-goodrich #unkindness #wrongs

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.


Grantland Rice


#honey #kindness #ourselves #sting #unkindness

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.


Lucius Annaeus Seneca


#even #fear #great #help #made

Her father sat her down and spoke to her with great seriousness. "You are not a witch, Katerina. There is magic in the world, and some of it is wholesome, and some of it is not, but it is a thing that is in the blood, and it is not in yours. "The foolish will always treat you badly, because they think you are not beautiful," he said, and she knew this was true. Plain Kate. She was a plain as a stick and thin as a stick and flat as a stick. Her nose was too long and her brows too strong. Her father kissed her twice, once above each brow. "We cannot help what fools think. But understand, it is your skill with a blade that draws this talk. If you want to give up your carving, you have my blessing." "I will never give it up," she answered.


Erin Bow


#appearence #daughter #determination #father #looks

Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand her, she changes. If only I had a son," he said bitterly. Over and over he disparaged her, and George would have thought that Beatrice would be so used to it, she could not be hurt further. But he saw her neck grow stiffer and stiffer.


Mette Ivie Harrison


#father #feelings #hurt #king #princess

I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it's white, it's snow-white.


Elizabeth Gaskell


#conflict #despair #harshness #hell #industrialization

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.


Nelson DeMille


#barbarism #every #everyone #first #first step






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