Janou Ek Quotes & Sayings

Enter Justine Putet, of whom it is now time to speak. Imagine a swarthy-looking, ill-tempered person, dried-up and of viperish disposition, with a bad complexion, an evil expression, a cruel tongue, defective internal economy, and (over all this) a layer of aggressive piety and loathsome suavity of speech. A paragon of virtue of a kind that filled you with dismay, for virtue in such a guise as this is detestable to behold, and in this instance it seemed to be inspired by a spirit of hatred and vengeance rather than by ordinary feelings of kindness. An energetic user of rosaries, a fervent petitioner at her prayers, but also an unbridled sower of calumny and clandestine panic. In a word, she was the scorpion of Clochemerle, but a scorpion disguised as a woman of genuine piety. — Gabriel Chevallier

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series. — Joe Torre

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love, in all its aspects, opens the self so fully. — Jeanette Winterson

Why get up in the morning unless you're going to have an adventure? — Hans Zimmer

It is a moment that has no meaning. It is as if the tired charade of human life with its great pursuits and history and wounds and deep convictions has collapsed, and the world has been suddenly revealed as a place that has no point, that does not need the hypothesis of meaning to explain its existence. — Manu Joseph

It takes a lot of physical and spiritual energy to balance on one wheel. Seen? — Peter Tosh