“It is not cheerful for a girl to discover within twenty-four hours of her wedding that her husband is a hopeless drunkard, and to see him die of delirium tremens within six weeks. An experience so vivid, like lightning must blast something in a woman's conception of life. Because one man's kisses reeked of whisky the kisses of all male humanity were anathema.” MenHumanityDiesGirlHoursFourWeekHusbandKissingSixTwentiesMalesHopelessOne ManConceptionLightningCheerfulVividBlastDrunkardsDeliriumWhiskyAnathemaDelirium Tremens Book:Septimus Source: Septimus
“A person dies every second, but there’s also a six year old somewhere, every second, trying to move an apple with his mind.” TryingYearsMindPersonsMovingDiesSixApplesEvery SecondSix Year Olds Author:Craig Stone
“Everybody thinks that you go to Africa and you build a school, or you teach English, or you build a hospital. But actually all you need to do is play football with kids for six months and then after they've trusted you, you tell them about the truth of Aids, and that their grandmother didn't die from witchcraft, she died from Aids. And that's the biggest difference you can make.” ThinkingNeedsPlayKidsSchoolDiesDifferencesTeachFootballMonthsSixDiedAidsGrandmotherHospitalsTrustedSix MonthsWitchcraft Author:Tom Hiddleston
“Here is an educational bombshell: Take from all of today's industrial nations all their industrial machinery and all their energy-distributing networks, and leave them all their ideologies, all their political leaders, and all their political organizations, and I can tell you that within six months, two billion people will die of starvation, having gone through great pain and deprivation along the way.” PeopleWayI CanTwoWisdomTodayPainPoliticalDiesPoliticsEnergyNationsLeaderEconomyGoneMonthsSixOrganizationEducationalBillionsIdeologyLiberalismSix MonthsMachineryStarvationDeprivationPolitical LeadersBombshells Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Too many people believe they can control their drug of choice. But the drug is almost always in control. If an addict truly wants help, it is available, but it is a rocky path. The monster always calls. Never give an addict money. Clothe them. Feed them. But enabling them is the quickest path to watching them fade away completely. This may seem harsh. But I've watched my own child relapse, after six years sober. I love her. Always. But I can't help her die.” PeopleIfsWantGivingYearsBelieveMayChildrenI CanHelpingSeemsDiesChoicesMy OwnPathDrugSixAvailableMonstersFadesHarshSoberAddictEnablingFade AwayRelapse Author:Ellen Hopkins
“More Americans die in gun homicides and suicides in six months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.” YearsWarLastsDiesMonthsSixGunDiedSuicideIraqTerroristAfghanistanSix MonthsTerrorist AttacksHomicide Author:Nicholas D. Kristof