Quotes About Responsibility

I cringed a little at the position of power I'd been granted, and all because I had won at the genetic lottery that had determined my sex.

Sang div menggeram dan mengetuk-ngetuk dagu. Aku pernah mengambil banyak anak dari banyak ayh, katanya.

Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.

El tono tierno y casi asustado de esas palabras me hizo comprender que mi padre era una persona herida, que su amor por mí era tan auténtico, tan vasto y permanente como el cielo, y que siempre pesaría sobre mis hombros. Era la clase de amor que, tarde o temprano, te acorrala y te obliga a tomar una decisión: la de liberarte o la de quedarte y soportar su rigor, aunque te oprima hasta el punto de reducirte a alguien más pequeño de como eres en realidad.

Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

Sometimes Laila wondered why Mammy had even bothered having her. People, she believed now, shouldn't be allowed to have new children if they'd already given away all their love to their old ones. It wasn't fair.

Ask him where his shame is." They spoke. "He says this is war. There is no shame in war." "Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees." Tariq

Pari has not told the children about the suicide. They may learn one day, probably will. But they wouldn't learn it from her. She will not plant the seed in their mind, that a parent is capable of abandoning her children, of saying to them You are not enough. For Pari, the children and Eric have always been enough. They always will be.

Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points noth, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.

Cuando matas a un hombre, le robas la vida, robas el marido a una esposa y el padre a unos hijos. Cuando mientes, le robas al otro el derecho a la verdad. Cuando engañas, robas el derecho a la equidad. ¿Compendes?

There is only one sin. And that is theft...When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

Dar hoÈ›ia era singurul p?cat de neiertat, numitorul comun al tuturor p?catelor posibile. Când ucizi un om, furi o via??. Furi dreptul soÈ›iei de a avea un soÈ›, le iei copiilor dreptul de a avea un tat?. Când spui o minciun?, furi cuiva dreptul la adev?r. Când înÈ™eli, furi dreptul la corectitudine. Nu exist? ceva mai mârÈ™av decât furtul.

She could not give him his son back. In this most essential way, she had failed him—seven times she had failed him—and now she was nothing but a burden to him. She could see it in the way he looked at her, when he looked at her. She was a burden to him.

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. Remember that Mariam.

Forgive? But theft was the one unforgivable sin, the common denominator of all sins. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. There is no act more wretched than stealing.

Aprenda isso de uma vez por todas, filha: assim como uma bússola precisa apontar para o norte, assim também o dedo acusador de um homem sempre uma mulher à sua frente. Sempre. Nunca se esqueça disso, Mariam.

Anak-anak harus mengetahui kehebatan ayah mereka.

Pode contar seus segredos ao vento, mas, depois, não vá culpá-lo por contar tudo às árvores — disse a menina, batendo com o pé no chão.

and he has been a good son to me. I hope he proves…worthy

Like a compass facing north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.

There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

Like a compass facing north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

When you tell a lie, you steal a man's right to the truth.