Quotes
Authors
Jess C Scott

"Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things-though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside."

Source : Jess C. Scott (2011). “The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)”, p.9, Jess C Scott

Jess C Scott

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“Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.”
“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
“Certainty becomes you.”

Source : Tessa Dare (2012). “A Week to Be Wicked”, p.18, Harper Collins
“The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.”
“Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.”
“The things that they're rejecting I can't change. I can't change my bra size. They're natural. I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.”
“An essay is a work of literary art which has a minimum of one anecdote and one universal idea.”

Source : Carol Bly (1990). “The passionate, accurate story: making your heart's truth into literature”
“Each day I also try to draw. It's a similar expulsion of buildup: Milking the cows every morning. Checking the chickens' eggs. Why should that be limited to a certain medium?”

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