Jeannottes Quotes & Sayings

His song was only living aloud,
His work, a singing with his hand! — Sidney Lanier

One small step + desired behavior = high probability of further steps — Stephen Guise

I do struggle because I'm attracted to beautiful things, yet at the same time I am actually very aware, in some sense, their lack of value and that the most important things in life are your connections to other people. — Tom Ford

Newspapers ... serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke. — Thomas Jefferson

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices. — Tariq Ramadan

Without chemical slaughterhouses, without a systematic mass murder, the tragedy of the Jews is just one out of the numerous tragedies that befell the nations of Europe during the Second World War. The Jewish people thus loses its martyr status, and the State of Israel, whose establishing was approved by the world under the impression of an alleged 'unparalleled genocide,' would lose its legitimacy. — Jurgen Graf

Opening paragraph for The Last Gods of Indochine:

"It was hard to believe the human body could contain so much water, and yet, there it all was. Phrai twisted the cloth and watched it plop in dull patters on the ground, the pocked earth sponging up sound as well. Sweat had been seeping out his employer for weeks, and he had been at the dying man's side all the while, pouring fresh water back into his mouth with the devotion of a nun. Phrai imagined nearly half the man had been absorbed and squeezed from these rags, creating small pools just outside the hut. In another part of the world, that half of him would evaporate out of existence, but here it could not; the thick air held eternity at bay. — Samuel Ferrer

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good. — Saint Augustine

That's the core puzzling experience, when you meet the Other organized as a speaking mind. — Terence McKenna

In your twenties, I think you should have all of the sex that you're inclined to have, as long as you're safe about it. Use condoms and everything. Go with your instincts. This is the time to have a lot of sex and do drugs. But make sure you live through it. — Sarah Silverman

The men in those old days of the seventeenth century, when in constant dread of attacks by Indians, always rose when the services were ended and left the house before the women and children, thus making sure the safe exit of the latter. — Alice Morse Earle

If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night. — Jimmy Buffett