Kernion Jewish Quotes & Sayings

If you find life absurd, shouldn't you find death precisely meaningful? — Harry Mulisch

Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious. — Jacques Maritain

I don't like the idea of signs and portents. People like to say fate is inescapable, but I believe there's always an escape. We make our own luck,and we do that by bending our will and energy toward what we want. I think that if you look for an omen, you'll find one, and it will tell you exactly what you desire it to, for good or ill. It would have been easy, had I wanted, to think of that tiny, shimmering smudge as some sort of sign, but I didn't need it to be. I didn't need signs. I had myself. — Kat Howard

I'm one of those people who're good at everything but I'm not great at anything. I thought I'd be a chef or a teacher. — Jesse Lacey

I'm not really interested in making someone endure a performance or stand there for too long. I like to think about the length. — Sue Tompkins

Blogging is different from both journal-writing and writing for print. It's more fun than either of those. The freedom to write whatever I want and the unmediated connection with readers are the payoff. — Kate Christensen

Excellent conquerors do not engage. — Laozi