Jahnyah Quotes & Sayings

She thought human thoughts and stone thoughts. The latter were slow, patchily coloured, textured and extreme, both hot and cold. They did not translate into the English language, or into any other she knew: they were things that accumulated, solidly, knocked against each other, heaped and slipped. — A.S. Byatt

O memory, thou bitter sweet,
both a joy and a scourge! — Madame De Stael

In the modern world, nationalism remains a very important force. We delude ourselves into thinking that globalization has made all of that redundant and that everyone just wants to be like America. — Pankaj Mishra

With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark. — Mason Cooley

My mind felt numb, like I couldn't really grasp the hurtful things that I had just recently learned. I was well aware that it was my body's defense mechanism. Shock always did that to a person...enveloped them in a cocoon of decreased sensitivity to allow them to process their hurt. — Courtney Cole

The battle will never end, until both hearts surrender. — Shannon L. Alder

I've been married nearly 34 years, I'm not perfect, I've made mistakes. — Gary Condit

The Abbe Paul looked at Agnes rather as Alain had, with respect. 'How sensible. People are desperate to probe mysteries which for the most part are best left unprobed. It is the modern curse: this demented drive to explain every blessed thing. Not everything can be explained. Nor should be, I think. — Salley Vickers