"If you cannot live without justification, you cannot live; period. And the path towards it is the path of language."

“To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.”

“The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not a rule of authority. God is not a governor of the universe, for a governor rules over those of a like nature with himself, and exercises a political and judicial power, while God exercises a creative, a preserving, and a determinative power of an altogether different kind. If I am a servant of God, I am under no tyranny; for God does not govern, but supports, sustains, and directs me.”

Source : William Batchelder Greene, Jakob Böhme, Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, Philippe-Joseph-Benjamin Buchez (1849). “Remarks on the science of history: followed by An a priori autobiography”, p.35

“I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.”

“People need to have 'the dignity of risk' and 'the right to fail'.”

“Maybe it's good that we are so slow with everything. We were saved from the damages that took place in the last 10 or 15 years in the scene.”

“And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.”

“It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.”

Source : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books

“My business is the analytical framework.”