One of his private vanities was that all the garbage sorting had endowed his hands with killing strength–that he could chop a brick in half like Bruce Lee. “So let’s get a brick, ” replied a girl with whom he had once, injudiciously, shared this conviction. Abdul had bumbled away. The brick belief was something he wanted to harbor, not to test. Katherine Boo
You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle
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David Nicholls
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.
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Bell Hooks
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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Unknown
If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.
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Roopleen
Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.
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Roy T. Bennett
More Quotes By Katherine Boo
Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.
She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.
Zehrunisa didn’t know Abdul’s age herself. Seventeen was what she’d said before the burning, when people asked her, but he could have been twenty-seven, for all she knew. You didn’t keep track of a child’s years when you were fighting daily to keep him from...
One of his private vanities was that all the garbage sorting had endowed his hands with killing strength–that he could chop a brick in half like Bruce Lee. “So let’s get a brick, ” replied a girl with whom he had once, injudiciously, shared this...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never trust anyone who tells you how people come to trust him.
