There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don’t help them by doing the job yourself.
– Laurell K. Hamilton
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/50125-there-comes-a-point-when-you-either-embrace-who-and
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from.
– Mae West
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/287464-every-man-i-meet-wants-to-protect-me-i-can-t
In 1912, the world famous Austrian gynecologist, Dr. Hermann Otto Kloepneckler, M.D., Ph.D. published the following.
The best engine in the world is the vagina. It can be started with one finger. It is self-lubricating. It takes any size piston. And it changes its own oil every four weeks. Its only a pity that the management system is so fucking temperamental.
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ch439/and_the_best_engine_in_the_world_is_nsfw/
(Read the comments on the Reddit link for the real name of the man in the image, and other fine facts.)
At this moment, there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes, all you need is one.
– One Tree Hill, Peyton narrating
Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man’s heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six.
– Laurell K. Hamilton, Narcissus in Chains
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6056-maybe-they-know-what-i-know-that-the-true-way
There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
– Laurell K. Hamilton
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/205823-there-are-wounds-that-never-show-on-the-body-that
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
– Malcolm S. Forbes, 1972, according to Quote Investigator
It is critical that those who would effectively lead others in alternative sexuality subcultures have the sort of character that compels them to help those who can do nothing for them.
For more thoughts about character, see the Quote Investigator article linked above, and the PBS News House page of quotes about Character.