Janerika Quotes & Sayings

This war that has taken so many sons has spared mine. This
age that has burned so many daughters has not burned mine.
I have not let it. — Tahmima Anam

...his crime was to belong to the losing side, or perhaps even the wrong side. But all he'd done was follow orders... — Abraham Verghese

Now that I have smelled you, I can face you down. Even though my body is shaking, I can keep a place free from you. I can feel you running round in my head, you see, but all the doors are closed to you now. I can control the dark inside, which is where all darkness is. You have shown me that I am more than just a rat. If I am not more than a rat, I am nothing at all. — Terry Pratchett

In Europe, populism is sort of a dirty word, but we have this wonderful history of populism in America, including the abolitionist populists and the white and black populists working together in the nineteenth century. — Zephyr Teachout

We live in this society where you must constantly be reinventing yourself. The big question is what are you doing next. The only thing they want is composed of these three elements: They want you to do it the exact same way because they want more of it; but they want it to be totally different; and they want it to be better. That's all you have to do. You just have to do something that's exactly the same, totally different, and better. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute! — William Shatner

I was a real sucker for shiny lights and tall buildings. — Camille Perri

After I pop him, then I'll be out of her. Just like her in a flash. — Amy Brent

Bold. Risky. Dramatic. I approve. — Rachel Vincent

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms. — Mark Twain

The fire catches shortly after, lapping up the dry wool, engulfing it like sweets — Rose Reid

It's always a revolution, you know, when things occur of which you have never happened to hear! — Ida Tarbell

Our culture encourages us to pursue pleasure at all costs, to look for what will please us in the present and not to think about the price we might pay in the future if we do not delay gratification. — Anonymous