Boudon Raymond Quotes & Sayings

None of this made any sense to Benjamin, however hard he tried. Roll-Up Reg was talking another language. But then, he was no more persuaded by the things his parents told him, or the teachers at school. It was the world, the world itself that was beyond his reach, this whole absurdly vast, complex, random, measureless construct, this never-ending ebb and flow of human relations, political relations, cultures, histories . . . How could anyone hope to master such things? It was not like music. Music always made sense. The music he heard that night was lucid, knowable, full of intelligence and humour, wistfulness and energy and hope. He would never understand the world, but he would always love this music. — Jonathan Coe

Blood answers blood, especially that given for the sake of others. — Helen C. Johannes

When you're in love you don't have to do a damn thing. You can just be. You can just stay quiet in the world. You don't have to move an inch. — Charles Baxter

What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. — Christopher Hitchens

There is no victory without battles — Sunday Adelaja

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach