“What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.”
Source: The Other Side of the Story
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Marian Keyes 19
Irish writer 1963Related quotes
“The Devil doesn't make us do anything.”
The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world."
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Context: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.