Everything Is Illuminated Book Quotes

#1. Honor and profit lie not all in one sack.

George Herbert

#2. The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

Bernard Pivot

#3. He did not see at the moment how foolish it was for two of them to go on alone; nor did the King. They were too angry to think clearly. But much evil came of their rashness in the end. Suddenly

C.S. Lewis

#4. If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Arthur Baer

#5. Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.

Steve Martin

#6. If Max [Aitken] gets to Heaven he won't last long. He will be chucked out for trying to pull off a merger between Heaven and Hell ... after having secured a controlling interest in key subsidiary companies in both places, of course.

H.G.Wells

#7. You are mine. I can do what I want with you. I can dress you. Fuck you. Send you away. Loan you to others. You belong to me. And you've finally realized it isn't romantic, it isn't sexy, or fun. It's something no one should want or desire. You're a captive.

Pepper Winters