Jefferine Kerr Quotes & Sayings

Benevolence, like religion, awes even those it cannot win. — Sophia Lee

All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide. — Lewis Carroll

Where are the Hittites? Why does no one find it remarkable that in most world cities today there are Jews but not one single Hittite, even though the Hittites had a great flourishing civilization while the Jews nearby were a weak and obscure people? When one meets a Jew in New York or New Orleans or Paris or Melbourne, it is remarkable that no one considers the event remarkable. What are they doing here? But it is even more remarkble to wonder, if there are Jews here, why are there not Hittites here? Where are the Hittites? Show me one Hittite in New York City. — Walker Percy

He had not the benefit of existentialist terminology; but what he felt was a very clear case of the anxiety of freedom - that is, the realization that one is free and the realization that being free is a situation of terror — John Fowles

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners. — Anthony Daniels

Nice work," he said.
I grinned.
"You look like hell, though," he noted.
"I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid," I replied. — Brandon Sanderson

The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides. — George Burns

For an animal that must kill to live, it makes sense for the hunt and the kill to be pleasurable. If you don't kill, you don't eat, and if you don't eat, you die. — Rebecca Skloot

I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light. — Jesse L. Martin

Kaz tossed the ledger back in the safe. "You're not weak because you can't read. You're weak because you're afraid of people seeing your weakness. You're letting shame decide who you are..." (p283) — Leigh Bardugo

Money. The trickiest substance in life
as it's the way we keep score, measure our worth, and think we can control our destinies. Money: the essential lie. — Douglas Kennedy

The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most. — Sal Albanese