Genny Hen Quotes & Sayings

Again: there is nothing inherently superior about resistance. All our claims for the righteousness of resistance rest on the rightness of the claim that the resisters are acting in the name of justice. And the justice of the cause does not depend on, and is not enhanced by, the virtue of those who make the assertion. It depends first and last on the truth of a description of a state of affairs that is, truly, unjust and unnecessary. — Susan Sontag

You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly as you choose. — Sean Faircloth

I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock. — Nicholas Royle

I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world. — Yotam Ottolenghi

When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a 'good writer.' Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted, although this doesn't mean I always write well. — Jonathan Franzen

Arguments that explain everything ... explain nothing — Christopher Hitchens

Looking back, I had the realization that at one point in the not-so-distant past, philosophy wasn't the sort of thing that was discussed only at formal conferences and in arcane journals. It was exchanged over dinner, between families. It was the stuff of everyday life. The — John Jacob Kaag

The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God. — Edward Elgar