Jija Quotes

#1. This understanding floats on the surface of Jija's mind for the rest of the day after Renthree leaves. The truth is beneath the surface, a Leviathan waiting to uncurl, but the waters of his thoughts are placid for now. Denial is powerful.

N.K. Jemisin

#2. Jija killed his own son for what a completely different person did, long before that son's birth. This, more than anything, helps her finally understand that there is no reasoning with her father's hatred.

N.K. Jemisin

#3. The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.

Wayne W. Dyer

#4. When she's in her manic phase, she's a little like trying crack for the first time," Rune said. He blinked at them, his face bland. "Not that I would know what that feels like.

Thea Harrison

#5. The appropriate place to really render honors, and to acknowledge the sacrifice that somebody has made is at the gravesite. And it's at the gravesite because that's where friends and family can be. That's where members of the military unit can gather.

Brian Whitman

#6. 'Broadway Bound' is near and dear to my heart, as it was one of my happiest times on Broadway.

Jason Alexander

#7. I hadn't stopped fearing the chance of passing on an illness, but that fear had become balanced by the observation that being ill wasn't the same as being beaten.

Victor LaValle

#8. Every teenager feels a wanting, a desire for something more, to be heard, to be seen.

Brad Falchuk

#9. I had the blood and fire rule when my boys were young. You know, unless it's blood or fire, don't bother me.

Nora Roberts

#10. No one has arrived. Leave me there
as you would leave a myth with any person who sees you
until he cries and rushes into himself, afraid of happiness.

Mahmoud Darwish

#11. They could not write their names, but I can write mine, and I will again, somewhere where it will last for a long, long time. I will find Ky, and then I will find that place.

Ally Condie

#12. Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.

Hayley Atwell

#13. Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart.

Sri Chinmoy

#14. If you are filled with pride, then you have no room for wisdom.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#15. It would not interfere with your being a nun. I live like an evil-minded monk myself.

J.D. Salinger

#16. Roo-coo-coo-coo! Roo-coo-coo-coo!

Katherine Mansfield

#17. As a kid, on the cotton fields, I had this tune in my head. I hummed it and sang it. It was the same melody as 'When A Man Loves A Woman.' I could never, ever forget it.

Percy Sledge