Jarriverais Quotes & Sayings

One must force the frozen circumstances to dance, by singing to them their own melody. — Karl Marx

The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. — Jim Holt

One's identity derives not from one's nation or blood but from the language one uses. — Minae Mizumura

If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt. — David Fincher

Except I was hoping someday to see you standing on a ship's deck in your shirtsleeves with a cutlass between your teeth."

"Maybe it can be arranged — Melanie Dickerson

The barbarian chieftain said: "What then are the greatest things that a man may find in life?" This is the sort of thing you're supposed to say to maintain steppecred in barbarian circles. — Terry Pratchett

After all, once you know that part of something exists, it stands to reason that the rest of it is somewhere out there, too. — Jodi Picoult

I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down. — Alex Garland

I felt sorry for Mary-Emma and all she was going through, every day waking up to something new. Though maybe that was what childhood was. But I couldn't quite recall that being the case for me. And perhaps she would grow up with a sense that incompetence was all around here, and it was entirely possible I would be instrumental in that. She would grow up with love, but no sense that the people who loved her knew what they were doing - the opposite of my childhood - and so she would become suspicious of people, suspicious of love and the worth of it. Which in the end, well, would be a lot like me. So perhaps it didn't matter what happened to you as a girl: you ended up the same. — Lorrie Moore

I need to get out more. I'm sniffing the prosecutors. — N.M. Silber

I've experienced, in general, in New York, people cut to the chase a little more, and they're a little bit more straightforward. In L.A. I've experienced more wishy-washiness. I will say, though, that the people that are actually from L.A. - like, born and raised in L.A. - are the real nice and genuine people. — Kether Donohue

The Crying Child found a Mountain where others who had suffered had gone to learn to live through letting go. They learned that one must not struggle to change the unchangeable. That the only peace to be found is the peace of acceptance. — Hannah Hart

Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to. — Leon Spinks