Author Avi Quotes

#1. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things have befallen you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You

Cheryl Strayed

#2. The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

Thomas Malthus

#3. What kind of God would allow suffering in His universe?

Randall Stewart

#4. When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can't un-see.

Bono

#5. In 1770, a British law was proposed to Parliament granting grounds for annulment if a bride used cosmetics prior to her wedding day.
- Marjorie Dorfman, The History of Make-up

Julie Klassen

#6. Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

Yael Grobglas

#7. Anyone can be a moral individual, concerned with human rights and problems; but only a college professor, a trained expert, can solve technical problems by 'sophisticated' methods. Ergo, it is only problems of the latter sort that are important or real.

Noam Chomsky

#8. Maybe that is what Hell is, being trapped for ever in your own nightmares and never being able to wake. [Gisa]

Karen Maitland