Jeremiahs Tavern Quotes & Sayings

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely. — Francis Bacon

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled. — Paul Eldridge

Love is force of being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit — Abdu'l- Baha

What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure. — Lilith Saintcrow

I was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on TV shows, and judging journalism contests. And then I wrote some stories that made me realize how sadly misplaced my bliss had been. The reason I'd enjoyed such smooth sailing for so long hadn't been, as I'd assumed, because I was careful and diligent and good at my job... The truth was that, in all those years, I hadn't written anything important enough to suppress. — Gary Webb

You've sufficiently invaded every part of me, Alexis; my heart, my mind, and now my dreams. — Lindsay Chamberlin

It is the most horrific thought - my husband died among strangers. — Joyce Carol Oates

Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us. — Nyanaponika Thera

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World. — Isabella Rossellini