Adele Parks Quotes

We should judge one another. It stops us becoming animals. The pressure of failing in the eyes of society passes for some sort of morality.

Adele Parks

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• We should judge one another. It stops us becoming animals. The pressure of failing in the eyes of society passes for some sort of morality.

  

  Adele Parks
  • Society
  • Eyes
  • Judge