#son

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#eyesight #fallen #faulty #four #life

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics." ↗

— Helen Rowland

#become #begin #characteristics #charming #cherish

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#any #enclose #four #person #right

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#duplicate #himself #lost #man #may

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#different #discussed #diverse #escape #homogeneous

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#country #feel #helped #i #i feel

Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too? ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#abuse #accountable #america #army #been

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#i #life #making #mine #own

I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#invent #person #possible #same #something

No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human world, but that loyal love shall be able in due time to oppose to just that deed of treason its fitting deed of atonement. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#atonement #baseness #cruelty #deed #deep