Jingshu Quotes & Sayings

Like the apple of Thine eye preserve me, O Lord God; defend me and beneath Thy wings shelter me from temptations. — Ephrem The Syrian

I have only one thing I hope to convey to you today. We are all human beings, individuals transcending nationality and race and religion, fragile eggs faced with a solid wall called The System. To all appearances, we have no hope of winning. The wall is too high, too strong - and too cold. If we have any hope of victory at all, it will have to come from our believing in the utter uniqueness and irreplaceability of our own and others' souls and from the warmth we gain by joining souls together.
Take a moment to think about this. Each of us possesses a tangible, living soul. The System has no such thing. We must not allow The System to exploit us. We must not allow The System to take on a life of its own. The System did not make us: We made The System. — Haruki Murakami

People buy such bollocks at museums. They don't know what else to do once they're there. — David Mitchell

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

I was always pretty good at designing things. — Yves Rossy

A country can't love you. At most it may need you. It's much the same as people. — Andre Brink

[Kwang Jingshu was arrested by the MSS and incarcerated without formal — Max Brooks

I felt like crawling off and finding a way to kick myself in the rear. One twist of the leg, might not be too hard. — Lia Habel

The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men. — Albert Camus