Maggie StiefvaterPeople shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.
About This Quote
Some people think that kindness is something that should be given to them freely. They think that they are entitled to kindness, without having to earn it. The truth is that kindness is not something that should be given out for free. The way this quote puts it, kindness is not something you can buy, but something you must work for.
Source: Forever
Some Similar Quotes
- Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.
- We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that...
- I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.
- That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.
- The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.
More Quotes By Maggie Stiefvater
- It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.
- You two are too cute, ” the counter girl said, setting two cups piled with whipped cream on the counter. She had a sort of lopsided, open smile that made me think she laughed a lot. “Seriously. How long have you been going out?” Sam...
- You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again.
- If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.
- I wish you could be kissed, Jane, ' he said. 'Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.' He flailed an arm toward the stars.