Barbara

“the more people get, the more they want. And the less happy they are with what they already have.”
― Sean Platt, Yesterday's Gone: Season One

“All humans were capable of atrocity. It was simply a matter of falling into a sequence of events that would drive them from timidity to terror. When violent instincts weren’t properly channeled, they easily erupt. Most violence was the result of a mind fooling itself into believing internal pain came from something, or someone, else — a someone or something that deserved to be punished. And typically these people were able to cast anyone into the role of that someone who deserved their wrath.”
― Sean Platt, Yesterday's Gone: Season Three

“On the days that feel dark and endless, I make myself a simple promise: I’ll get out of bed in the morning. Then I’ll head up the hill to class. If I put one foot in front of the other, day by day, I’ll move closer to the light at the end of all this struggle.”
― Regina Calcaterra, Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island

“Zulu proverb goes; “Umuntu ngumuntu ngamantu,” which means: “I am a person through other people.” In other words, if you treat others as less than human then you will lose your own humanity.”
― C. Marten-Zerf, Choice of Weapon