Didde

“But I was naturally suspicious; it comes from working too closely with the police for too long. Cynicism is so contagious.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Cravings

“But with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating
conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic.”
― James Branch Cabell, Beyond Life

“I find that the critics of voluntary service are all too often those who are prepared to accept such services when they require them but deride them with cynicism and scepticism when they see others helping and being helped.”
― Eva Hart

“Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed for myself,' said Denethor. 'Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse lay in the dregs?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King