Usefulness Quotes Novelas e Histórias

He laughs but shuts up. “Ok, listen, while we are on the topic of quotes, I have some funny, sarcastic ones,” he says and opens his phone to read some. “Two wrongs, don’t make a right, take your parents as an example,” I laugh. I can use it on anyone who messes with my friends. “Tell me more,” I urge him. “Even people who are good for nothing can bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs,” I chuckle.

But standing here, unable to answer, unable to prove her worth, made her feel exactly that—useless. Joy leaned in closer, her face mere inches from Claire’s. “Here’s the thing, Claire,” she said, her voice low and menacing. “There are two kinds of people in this world—useful and useless. And useless people? They don’t last long around here. Just a friendly warning.”

Which is a surprise because she’s keen on ‘think positive’ or ‘self-love’ mantras. “What do you suggest I should do?” I asked curiously. “Be useless,” she said with a smile. “Until you’re not,” great advice. “Spend a day sulking and celebrating being useless. With your personality, I bet in less than thirty minutes you’ll be back on doing something useful,” she said now grinning. “And…” she said slowly drawing circles on my palm. “If you still feel useless by tomorrow, go to my room and I’ll give you something to work on,” the way her cheeks blushed after those words tells me she regretted it immediately.

The room seemed to shrink. “No,” I answered immediately. “It’s not.” Lisa looked at me for a moment, then gave a small smile. "Alright." She walked closer to me, lowering her voice slightly. “You can't be here and be of no use, neither will you reap what you didn't sow” Those words struck harder in my chest, I felt pain and anger. But I took a deep breath and kept mute “You can't be here and be of no use” Lisa said “Once in your life, be useful”