Quotes About Lenina

#1. Twenty-two years eight months and four days from that moment, a promising young Alpha- Minus administrator at Mwanza-Mwanza was to die of trypanosomiasis - the first case for over half a century. Sighing, Lenina went on with her work.

Aldous Huxley

#2. There aren't any lions in England," Lenina almost snapped.
"And even if there were," the Savage added, with sudden contemptuous resentment, "people would kill them out of helicopters, I suppose, with poison gas or something.

Aldous Huxley

#3. Lenina suddenly remembered an occasion when, as a little girl at school, she had woken up in the middle of the night and become aware, for the first time, of the whispering that had haunted all her sleeps.

Aldous Huxley

#4. Was and will make me ill, I take a gramme and only am. (Lenina)

Aldous Huxley

#5. Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided. They came crowding in on her thick and fast. The spectacle of two young women giving the breast to their babies made her blush and turn away her face.

Aldous Huxley

#6. So now you know what else existed in the world outside of you, before you knew only about yourself!

Franz Kafka

#7. The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

Keira Knightley

#8. there were only three kinds of battle to begin with: fucked up, seriously fucked up, and fucked up beyond all recognition. No use panicking about it.

Hiroshi Sakurazaka

#9. Once you are aware that you have a weak spot you can begin to strengthen it, work on it, and finally turn it into a stronghold. But nothing can happen until you become aware.

Toni Sorenson

#10. Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds

Eglantyne Jebb

#11. The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#12. Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.

Matthew McConaughey

#13. There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.

John Kessel

#14. I think - you know, I'm a guy that - I don't live on the earth just to walk it. I live on here to make a difference.

Tracy McGrady

#15. Love is the weapon for this wounded generation.

Christofer Drew

#16. Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, 'Just wait.'

Gloria Steinem