“Take a look of that small radiant matchstick, beneath the indulgence of which millions of earthen lamps do look seductive.”
“There’s an old adage about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes—it’s something we say to make people more empathetic to the plights of others. What’s the animal rights equivalent? Walk a mile in another creature’s fur, and then imagine what it’s like to be skinned alive?” -Shenita Etwaroo”
“The fat acceptance movement as enough to worry about without concern trolls poking about.” -Shenita Etwaroo”
“When we eat another animal, we make ourselves into cemeteries.” -Shenita Etwaroo”
“Animal and human rights are not ‘on the fence’ issues. You’re either on the right side or the wrong side of the fence.” -Shenita Etwaroo”
“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything.”
“Any decent human being, witch or otherwise, has the capacity to do good in this world. It s merely a case of whetever one chooses to do so.”
“What McKenna possessed was far more beguiling than mere physical beauty. She possessed a kindness, a generosity of spirit. Offering him the most dangerous thing of all - hope.”
“That there should be no punishment for kindness. No toll to pay because you wanted to reach out or wear a nice dress or see if the guy across the street is really sleepwalking and maybe help him out of it.”
“She might not want a stranger in the house, she might not trust him, but she won’t allow him to starve. It’s just in her nature. Even her grief can’t keep her from kindness”
“I liked the way he looked at me. I thought he was the kindest man in the world. Maybe everybody was kind. Maybe even my father. But Mr. Quintana was brave. He didn t care if the whole world knew he was kind. Dante was just like him.”
“Cruelty is easy to repay, my lord. Kindness is another matter.”
“Safety, equality, security, and freedom for me are rooted in safety, equality, security, and freedom for every human. Peaceful coexistence on this beautiful planet we share cannot be achieved by warfare. It cannot be achieved by power. And it cannot be achieved by ignoring each others suffering. We cannot kill our way to peace, oppress others to create to peace, or close our eyes to achieve peace. Peace is the only path to peace. Our humanity is indelibly linked to our treatment of one another. Humane treatment grows humanity. Inhumane treatment destroys humanity. At its roots, humanity is an elegantly simple equation - input equals output.”
“He d been kind to her in a world where kind only came at a price. He d given her a roof when most creeps only ever offered a bed.”
“We all need to be far more gentler with each other. And realise that some people s heart s injure with far more ease than others and dance to a quieter music.”
“Throwing away Compassion Care And kindness We slowly seep Into rotting sewers”