#cruel

I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about. ↗

— Jung Chang

#accept #because #century #chinese #come

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#benign #certain #cruel #disregard #entirely

The terrorist attacks upon our country changed the way that we live forever and provided us with a cruel reminder that freedom and liberty have a price. ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#changed #country #cruel #forever #freedom

When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#am #attractive #bit #care #children

If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

#bad day #cruel #day #face #got

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#always #cruelty #others #ourselves #towards

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#magnanimous #serious #struggle #than #time

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! ↗