Jek Quotes & Sayings

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. — Larry Niven

She is, Althea thought uneasily, what I pretend to be: a woman who does not let her sex deter her from living as she pleases. — Robin Hobb

I'll be glad to get out on the water again, and gladder still to see Divvytown. I knew it was my home port that first time I saw it.'
'The pirate town? Sa save us all. Does someone wait for you, dearie?' Ophelia asked.
Jek laughed aloud. 'They all wait for me. They just don't know it yet. — Robin Hobb

Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment. — J.K. Rowling

So few people realize that preparedness never leads to peace, but that it is indeed the road to universal slaughter. — Emma Goldman

In the time that I have been acquainted with this region I have become increasingly aware of it as a testament of water, the origin and guide of its contours and gradients and of all the lives - the plants and small creatures, and the culture - that evolved here. That was always here to be seen, of course, and the recognition has forced itself, in one form or other, upon people in every part of the world who have been directly involved with the growing of living things. The gardener who ignores it is soon left with no garden. — W.S. Merwin

There are only 2 responses to the world, fear or love. Your life depends on which one you choose. — Deepak Chopra

There's no right and wrong anymore. Just living and dying. — Molly Looby

From the very first, it has been the educated and intelligent of the Negro people that have led and elevated the mass, and the sole obstacles that nullified and retarded their efforts were slavery and race prejudice; for what is slavery but the legalized survival of the unfit and the nullification of the work of natural internal leadership? — W.E.B. Du Bois

From the very moment he had first laid eyes on her, his hearts had gone all aflutter. His stony countenance had never wavered, for he had been taught well never to be the sort of warrior to show a weakness, yet 'twas for a certainty he had felt all the giddiness of a young boy by merely locking gazes with her. — Jaid Black

Jek is too busy living. She won't waste time on regrets. — Robin Hobb

The worst part about prostitution is that you're obliged not to sell sex only, but your humanity. That's the worst part of it: that what you're selling is your human dignity. Not really so much in bed, but in accepting the agreement - in becoming a bought person. — Kate Millett

You won't even see what is put right on the table before you. Men. If it was raining soup you'd be out there with a fork. — Robin Hobb

I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear. — Cameron Russell

The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity. — H.W. Brands

Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

When I auditioned to be part of the "This Is It" Tour, I didn't think I was going to get in. I didn't think it was for real at first, when I got the message on MySpace from the musical director to come in and audition for him. I came in and I played for the musical director, and that night Michael Jackson came in and sat down on the couch and I played "Beat It" for him. I just practiced as much as I could to make sure it was perfect. — Orianthi

It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure. — Eric Topol