Chris And Jal Quotes & Sayings

Plays are about understanding what happens, what it means. If we just leaned into the story, for lack of a better word, it would still be a powerful story but, like delight, it might disappear an hour after you saw it. — Anna D. Shapiro

[T]here is no consensus in the psychiatric community that Dr. Lecter should be termed a
man. He has long been regarded by his professional peers in psychiatry, many of whom
fear his acid pen in the professional journals, as something entirely Other. For
convenience, they term him "monster". — Thomas Harris

On the whole the American theater, dominated by men, does not perceive women fighting for their lives as a central issue. — Marsha Norman

... Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so ... — Jane Austen

Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily. — Anthony Trollope

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions. — Michael Specter

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it. — Bette Davis

The last lesson we must learn before we don our maester's chains. The glass candle is meant to represent truth and learning, rare and beautiful and fragile things. It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serves, and it is sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous. Wise men may grow arrogant in their wisdom, but a maester must always remain humble. The glass candle reminds us of that as well. Even after he has said his vow and donned his chain and gone forth to serve, a maester will think back on the darkness of his vigil and remember how nothing that he did could make the candle burn ... for even with knowledge, some things are not possible. — George R R Martin

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him. — Roland Allen

I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal. — Muriel Barbery

If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice. — Timothy Keller