Perhaps she had received diamonds, Strike thought; she had always said she didn't care for such things, but when they argued the glitter of all he could not give her had sometimes been flung back hard in his face...
America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact...
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
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Criss Jami
Life… For some it is battle for others its dance... For rich it is party for poor it is chance!
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Nino Varsimashvili
Am I right in suggesting that ordinary life is a mean between these extremes, that the noble man devotes his material wealth to lofty ends, the advancement of science, or art, or some such true ideal; and that the base man does the opposite by...
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Aleister Crowley
I may be very poor, but I'm rich in so many other ways.
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Robert Galbraith
How easy it was to capitalize on a person’s own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life.
There are always loose ends in real life.
How could the death of someone you had never met affect you so?
The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.
...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.
