#elf

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#characters #different #different level #level #lives

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

A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions. ↗

— Thomas Brooks

#end #found #glorious #glory #god

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open. ↗

— James Broughton

#challenges #individual #lay #open #trusting

I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#i #most #myself #person #unfortunately

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them. ↗

— Chester Brown

#doing #fearing #front #get #going

I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one. ↗

— Chester Brown

#consider #gray #i #myself

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as America itself. ↗

— Dee Brown

#comprehend #could #destroy #determined #earth

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#black #causes #country #itself #must

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves. ↗

— James Brown

#god #help #helps #take #take care