Beth C

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
― Mark Twain

“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
― Mark Twain