Richa

“Never confuse your right to say what you believe with a right to never be disagreed with and ridiculed for saying what you believe.”
― Ricky Gervais

“She was heavier than he expected - women always are.”
― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Kingdoms of Elfin

“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984