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The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#bad people #cruelty #good #good people #oppression

Are you in great physical pain, or is that your thinking expression? ↗

— G.A. Aiken

#put-downs #thinking #insult

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#retort #turnabout #insult

I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here. ↗

— Stephen Bishop

#insult

Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me." His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day." Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#insult

Oh.” Timmie gave Bones a shy peek. “Are you Cathy’s brother?” “Whatever would give you the idea that I’m her damn brother?” Bones snapped. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#pissed #insult

His hands are off," Gabrielle pointed out. "Posture's wrong," Kat said. "He's still ... hot," Gabrielle said, as if it were the greatest insult in the world. "I feel so objectified. So ... cheap," Hale told them. ↗

— Ally Carter

#insult

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. ↗

— Paul Keating

#insult

What's all this about yanking poor Magnus and Alec back from their vacation?" Isabelle demanded. "They have opera tickets! ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#poor

Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them. ↗

— Diane Setterfield

#inoffensiveness #politeness #poor