Softening Quotes

“Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.”
― Suzanne Collins

“He knew that people got accustomed to luxury very quickly, accepting it finally as their due, and no matter what strain and struggle, what utter poverty they may have known, they soon forgot it, they soon reached the point where they could not survive whole without comfort, luxury. It softened them up.”
― Ann Petry, The Narrows