Javerts Quotes & Sayings

All the scholastic scaffolding
falls, as a ruined edifice,
before one single word - faith. — Napoleon Bonaparte

What is your objection to the clothes?" Sebastian asked, glancing at the gowns. "They're black, aren't they?"
"Well, yes, but they're not made of crepe."
"Do you want to wear crepe?"
"Of course not - no one does. But if people saw me wearing anything else, there would be terrible gossip."
One of Sebastian's brows arched. "Evie," he said dryly, "you eloped against your family's wishes, you married a notorious rake, and you're living in a gaming club. How much more damned gossip do you think you could cause? — Lisa Kleypas

Men have said that the cross of Christ was not a heroic thing, but I want to tell you that the cross of Jesus Christ has put more heroism in the souls of men than any other event in human history. — John G. Lake

Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it. — James Patterson

Each of us has his skeletons in his soul, as the English say. — Leo Tolstoy

I swallowed. Be strong, Valentina. The wish of a dead man is sacred. Don't break your promise. — Cora Reilly

The mere power of saving what is already in our hands must be of easy acquisition to every mind; and as the example of Lord Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it, a thousand instances every day prove that the humblest may practise it with success. — Samuel Johnson