Revues Francophones Quotes & Sayings

Theorists of journalism have long noted parallels to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in physics: by reporting on something, one subtly but irrevocably changes it. — Ben Yagoda

Quietly ... softly, God taps on our tense shoulders with His love. — Shawntel Jefferson

The experience of experience is untransmittable. — E.L. Doctorow

I need to give you one last bit of advice in the off chance this rather extraordinary and enviable situation in which you find yourself is actually true- that somehow you've fallen deep down into a Cordova story. I stared back at him. Be the good guy, he said. How do I know I'm the good guy? He pointed at me, nodding. A very wise question. You don't. Most bad guys think they're good. But there are a few signifiers. You'll be miserable. You'll be hated. You'll fumble around in the dark, alone and confused. You'll have little insight as to the true nature of things, not until the very last minute, and only if you have the stamina and the madness to go to the very, very end. But most importantly- and critically- you will act without regard for yourself. You'll be motivated by something that has nothing to do with the ego. You'll do it for justice. For grace. For love. Those large rather heroic qualities only the good have the strength to carry on their shoulders. And you'll listen. — Marisha Pessl

Don't clap I'm not a jazz band for Christ's sake. — Dylan Moran

Trace started on his way again, this time taking the lead. "She's five-four and weighs less than one-twenty. Matt can handle himself."
"Says the man with the black eye. — Lori Foster

If I have to, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to prove to you that you can be certain of me — Cassandra Clare

Careful, human." Grimalkin appeared on the corner of the stage, overshadowed by the dead chimera. "Do not lose your heart to a faery prince. It never ends well. — Julie Kagawa

We cannot go into court with merely suspicions; we must get facts. — G.A. Henty

Life is all about chances. You might be safer not taking any. But playing it totally safe means you're only existing. Not living. I want to live. — Ellen Hopkins

Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man. — Albert Camus

LORD GORING: ... All I do know is that life cannot be understood without much charity, cannot be lived without much charity. It is love, and not German philosophy, that is the true explanation of this world, whatever may. — Oscar Wilde