Teresa Quotes

To label someone as selfless is symptomatic of having bought the preposterous claim that a human being can have great concern for other human beings and little concern for themselves, or that, when taken to extremes, a human being can have great concern for other human beings and absolutely no concern for themselves.

The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.

The only thing I hate about good people is that they like making their being good people bad people’s problem.

No single bad person regards themselves as a bad person.

Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens.

We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.

In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.

Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.

It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish.

In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that has left her man for another.

Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being.

I'm so sorry," he whispered to her, knowing she couldn't hear. "I'm so sorry."Her mouth moved, working to speak, and he leaned in to make out what she was trying to say."Me...too," she whispered. "i only ever... cared for..."And then Thomas was being dragged away from her. He didn't have the energy or will to fight it. She was gone.

*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.