Entretiens Jacques Quotes & Sayings

And I too am not myself, hoping for refuge in a metaphor that will contain it all. — Helon Habila

Rhy held Kell's pain in his hands, while Kell held Rhy's life in his. — Victoria Schwab

A favorite song or tune may stay on your mind for hours. A good book will stay on your mind until you find another. — F. Haywood Glenn

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice. — Shunryu Suzuki

Do you really want to be judged by twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty? — Emma Chase

Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most. — Abraham Lincoln

The view backward showed you all the twists and turns your life had taken, all the contingencies and chances, the random elements of good luck and bad luck that made up one person's existence. — William Boyd

I received the grace of shadows. The grace of remaining in the dark.
- From A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook — Anna Kamienska

You just cry if you want to." Eustacia's voice was kind but firm. "Women cry. Men don't understand it, but crying is what we do. — Melanie Dickerson

Once your heart has been broken, it's never really heals. The wounds may heal, but the scars remain there forever. That delicate tissue must be guarded and protected at all cost. — K. Langston

If you put on shoes that are too tight and walk out across an empty plain, you will not feel the freedom of the place unless you take off your shoes. Your shoe-constriction has you confined. At night before sleeping you take off the tight shoes, and your soul releases into a place it knows. Dreams glide deeper. — Rumi

Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in their purses and pockets. — Lee Child

We need to perceive ourselves as the special race.
If not, beasts will perceive themselves as the chosen. — Toba Beta

People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided? — Zhuangzi