#equal

He had tenderness in his heart — ‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing it; he kept it very sacred and safe, and was jealous of every circumstance that tried to gain admission. But if he dreaded exposure of his tenderness, he was equally desirous that all men should recognize his justice; and he felt that he had been unjust, in giving so scornful a hearing to anyone who had waited, with humble patience, for five hours, to speak to him. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#tenderness #vulnerability #equality

It goes back to keeping things equal. Friendship feels really demeaning if one person still likes the other more, which is probably what caused the breakup in the first place. It’s such a misnomer that ‘boyfriend’ and ‘girlfriend’ have the word ‘friend’ in them." "I don’t know, Dom. It’s screwed up that people who dug each other enough to go out can’t at least stay friends afterward. "Spoken by a true love virgin. ↗

— Daria Snadowsky

#love #relationships #sex #equality

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed. ↗

— Joan Chen

#equally #feel #order #other #people

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#cruelty #equals #feel #injustice #kind

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#away #characteristics #communities #daughter #globally

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. ↗

— Sean Connery

#achieving #always #been #believe #distance

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#both #breeding #candor #equally #frame

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#abundant #body #bulk #city #conveyed

I am fully committed to Hannah Montana. It's what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people. I'm really excited about our new season. We are making great new episodes that I can't wait for our fans to see and I'm looking forward to the "Hannah Montana" movie that will be out in the spring. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#beauty #equal #i #i do #imperfect

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#falsehood #may #only #outraged #silence