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All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.
Tell-All, Chuck Palahniuk

05:45 am, by eagerfeet-1,358 notes

Spinners take out the bad stuff, leave in the good. I’ve always thought how nice it would be to have spinners like this for human beings. Just toss them in and let the spinner do its work.
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd

04:21 pm, by eagerfeet-112 notes

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde

03:44 pm, by eagerfeet-491 notes

Do you know why this world is as bad as it is? …it is because people think only about their own business, and won’t trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrong-doers to light.
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

11:03 am, by eagerfeet-106 notes

Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen.
Atonement, Ian McEwan

10:52 am, by eagerfeet-125 notes

…people aren’t all good, and people aren’t all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I’m pleased to be in the light.
Unwind, Neal Shusterman

08:22 pm, by eagerfeet-99 notes

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
Death in The Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway

05:01 pm, by eagerfeet-61 notes

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde

12:18 am, by eagerfeet-54 notes