"Jane Austen we know never let two men converse alone in any novel because what they said would be unknown to her."

-- Jane Gardam

#Book Quotes #Men Quotes #Two Quotes

“I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.”
“Your democratically elected governments continuously perpetuate injustice against my people all over the world, and your support of them makes you directly responsible, just as I am directly responsible for protecting and avenging my Muslim brothers and sisters.”
“The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.”
“If light is the spiritual quality of painting, color is surely its heart and passion.”
“I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.”
“When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.”
“We should have just killed him, that's a lesson, don't get creative with revenge”
“When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.”

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