“Emotional detachment from the plight of others — easily achieved by simply looking the other way — always favoured the perpetrators rather than the victims who were reduced to being inconsequential nonentities; were persecuted and denied legal and human rights; were starving, sick, and dying; were victims of Apartheid policies with racial segregations inclusive of political and economic discrimination; were harassed, internally displaced, or forcibly deported; were imprisoned, tortured, or simply “disappeared”; were enslaved, exploited, or trafficked; and were ultimately the victims of mindless massacres that defied the comprehension of anyone even remotely humane.”
― THE GRIM REAPER
― THE GRIM REAPER
“We can be happy with less and miserable with more.”
― Happiness Power: How to Unleash Your Power and Live a More Joyful Life
― Happiness Power: How to Unleash Your Power and Live a More Joyful Life
“The good looking ones always gave you more trouble than they’re worth.”
― Deadly Decisions
― Deadly Decisions
“King Norodom of Cambodia replied, “Lt. General Kawamura of the Japanese Imperial Army, It is my understanding that you Japanese are granting my people a partial freedom which is always subject to the approval of any laws we make by the Japanese Government in Tokyo!”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
“I enjoyed sitting behind him, watching. God he was handsome. How many times had I admired him? His backside, his shoulders, slim hips, long legs, his oval eyes, fingers, ring finger. I should give him a ring to wear. I’d slip it on his finger. Usually I don’t like a ski-jump nose: I liked his. Can I say love? I was almost beside myself when Miss Sally opened the door at 2 p.m. and said she was leaving for the day.”
― Iola O
― Iola O
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