Jaida Jones quotes

“The Kiril Islands had changed hands more times than a good coin in a whorehouse.”
-- Jaida Jones

Source : Jaida Jones, Danielle Bennett (2008). “Havemercy”, p.23, Spectra

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“As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.”
-- Jaida Jones

Source : Jaida Jones, Danielle Bennett (2008). “Havemercy”, p.155, Spectra

#Self Quotes #Matter Quotes #Foolish Quotes

“Being crazy about someone isn't nice or passionate or deeply moving; it is, surprisingly enough, crazy.”
-- Jaida Jones

#Crazy Quotes #Nice Quotes #Moving Quotes

“Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and is a place where people work and struggle, live and die, as they do the world over.”

Source : Alan Brennert (2015). “The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu”, p.845, St. Martin's Press

“Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning.”

“Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.”

Source : Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

“In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement,”

“Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

“The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.”

“Behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a spouse, to public post, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy guest at the feast of life.”

“The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.”

“Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.”

“Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent.”