J Quotes
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“Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth.
Mr. Rochester: Because you delight in sacrifice.
Jane: Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value-to press my lips to what I love-to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?"
"I do indeed, sir."
"Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken, it would be my treasure still: if you raved, my arms should confine you, and not a strait waistcoat--your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me: if you flew at me as wildly as that woman did this morning, I should receive you in an embrace, at least as fond as it would be restrictive. I should not shrink from you with disgust as I did from her: in your quiet moments you should have no watcher and no nurse but me; and I could hang over you with untiring tenderness, though you gave me no smile in return; and never weary of gazing into your eyes, though they had no longer a ray of recognition for me.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and the pelvis firmly beneath the ribcage. Apparently rock and roll liberated the pelvis and it hasn't been the same since.”
Source: The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
“Jane’s been captured?” Lady Henrietta surged forward like the statue on the prow of a ship.
“She’s gone in,” Jack corrected shortly. “Voluntarily.”
“And you let her?” Lady Henrietta’s eyes were as wide as they could go.
A dry cackle came from the hatch that led to the nether regions of the yacht. “Have you ever seen anyone ‘let’ Jane do anything?”
A parasol emerged first, a purple parasol, the point hitting the deck with a force that made Miles jump. The newcomer strode forward, blindingly purple skirts swishing around her legs. Jack had never seen that much purple all in one place before. It was like being assaulted by an aubergine.
“If Jane is there, it’s because she chose to be there,” said the newcomer definitively. Jack wasn’t sure whether to appreciate or resent her support. “Jane does or she doesn’t. I would as soon try to yoke an aardvark.”
Lady Henrietta cocked her head. “Does one yoke aardvarks?”
“No,” said Jack shortly, putting an abrupt end to what might otherwise have become a fascinating and largely pointless discourse on natural history.”
Source: The Lure of the Moonflower
“Jane's stories are too sensible. Then Diana puts too much murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them."
-Anne Shirley”
Source: Anne of Green Gables
“Jane sneezed three hundred dollars' worth of coke into the air.
Krishna's black eyes seem to have mirrors in them. She glances at me with a smile as big as the Cheshire Cat's.”
Source: The Dark Lake
“Jane sobbed even harder, not noticing the sounds of footsteps coming up behind her. A cold wind blew, and she shivered in it. As her eyes hung between tears, she looked out and saw a shape where the car had been. It was a figure, slim and wrapped in a gray shroud. Almost the whole body was covered, save for a single blue eye that stared at her intently. Jane stared back until she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder and a cold voice whisper in her ear.
“You are never alone.”
Source: SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)
“Jane stood beside silver platters of cucumber sandwiches and smoked salmon sandwiches and savory-sweet ham sandwiches and open-faced sandwiches with thickly spread butter and fresh mint.”
“Jane!” The faux prophetess called out, “I shall have my revenge!”
“There’s a queue, Darling Elli. Mind the numbers being called.”
Source: Jane the Lich
“JANE THROUGHOUT HER life had given short shrift to the sick. A ‘Poor Honey’ was her name for a woman who revelled in weak health, relishing ‘spasms & nervousness & the consequences’.”
“Jane took a sip of coffee. It was strong, cheap, and
over-brewed. Just how she liked it.”
Source: Secrets
“Jane turned toward the source, following the shift in
energy like a current. At the top of the stone steps stood
a man in light summer clothes: a pale blue shirt, neatly
pressed trousers, polished loafers. He looked every inch
the old-money aristocrat. Relaxed posture. Clean-shaven
face. But no one smiled.”
Source: Secrets
“Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One flaw: sometimes, early on, she would tell me things designed to make me think less of my mother, and I would wave her away, saying, Jane, this just backfires and makes me think less of you.”
“Jane was wearing a charcoal shift dress. The black dipped into a love V accented with a large black chiffon bow. A layer of delicate black lace peeked out from the bottom of her dress. Her long blond hair was pulled back tightly into a straight ironed ponytail. Her makeup was simple: coral blush on her cheeks and gunmetal shadow brushed under her blue eyes.”
“Jane, will you marry me?"
"Yes sir."
"A poor blind man, whom you will have to lead about by the hand?"
"Yes, sir."
"A crippled man, twenty years older older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"
"Yes, sir."
"Truly, Jane?"
"Most truly, sir.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“Jane wondered...When the girl was not cleaning her suite, which wouldn't take much time, and when she was not making her meals, and when she was not exercising, and when she was not being owned by some visitor, how often did she sit staring into space, alone and silent and still, as if she were a doll abandoned by a child who had moved on from childish things and no longer loved her?”
Source: The Silent Corner
“Jane wondered why small-minded people often form such large groups as she made her way home.”
Source: The Life and Death of the Ericsons
“Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear) 'because, if you won't, I'll try violence.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.”
“Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.”
“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
Source: Jane Eyre: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?" Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot.”
Source: Jane Slayre
“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Jane," I said quietly. She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer. "Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying." "If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.”
Source: The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)
“Jane-Sweetie, we've talked about your weight-" my mother began. I'm only eight years old," I said. "How about I promise to be anorexic later?”
Source: Sundays at Tiffany's
“Jane: Focus is important. V: Only if you're a microscope.”
Source: J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8
“Janeane Garofalo ended up, in a sense, being pushed by the media into becoming a pundit.”
“Janelle smiled in a way that suggested that Stevie was a beautiful tropical fish, so simple and so precious.”
Source: Nine Liars
“Janet did not believe it was feasible to be single; to Janet a bachelor eked out his living on the margins of society, orbiting the married couples wild-eyed and feral as a homeless man at a polo party. A single man, to Janet, was superior in the social hierarchy only to a single woman--this last a life form that was repellent but fortunately short-lived, naked and glistening as it gobbled its way out of its larval cocoon.”
Source: How the Dead Dream
“Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing.”
“Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn't only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, making this book a transcendent piece of American literature.”
“Janet showed her teeth. “Time to get real, Sarah. No more human sacrifices, got it?”
Source: The Sacred Well Murders
“Janet: What do you think happens when people walk through the door? It's the only thing in the universe I don't know.
Eleanor: I don't know either. The wave returns to the ocean. What the ocean does with the water after that is anyone's guess. But as a very wise not-robot once told me, the true joy's in the mystery.”
“Janet Yellen at the FED is equivalent to having a biology schoolteacher who has never seen blood perform brain surgery.”
“Janet's a serious racer with some good race-car stuff. She can get the job done. I respect her as a racer.”
“Janetty tried to dive through the window to escape, what an act of cowardice.”
“Janey accuses me of chasing jailbait. She bursts into angry tears, asking if it's because she's getting older. It's true. She's aging more noticeably every day — while I am standing still. I prefer the stillness here. I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.”
“Jang mendatangkan pemberontakan-pemberontakan itu biasanja bagian-bagian jang terketjil, dan bagian-bagian jang terketjil sekali.”
Source: Dibawah Bendera Revolusi : Jilid 1
“Jang pertama-tama menjebabkan kolonisasi jalah selamanja kekurangan bekal-hidup dalam tanah-airnja sendiri, begitulah Dietrich Schafer berkata. Kekurangan rezeki, itulah jang mendjadi sebab rakjat-rakjat itu mendjajag negeri-negeri, dimana mereka bisa mendapat rezeki itu. Itulah pula jang membikin "ontvoogding"-nja negeri-negeri djadjahan oleh negeri-negeri jang mendjadjahnja itu, sebagai suatu barang jang sukar dipertjajainja. Orang tak akan gampang-gampang melepaskan bakul-nasinja, djika pelepasan bakul itu mendatangkan matinja!”
Source: Dibawah Bendera Revolusi : Jilid 1
“jangada: sítio sem explicamento. onde pondo os pés se sente uma picada de sonho. ponte de levar pessoa para outros mundos, nem sempre tão aquáticos. madeirume. mansa maneira de tirar férias da existência mundhumana.”
Source: Há Prendisajens com o Xão
“Jangan anggap remeh si manusia, yang kelihatannya begitu sederhana; biar penglihatanmu setajam elang, pikiranmu setajam pisau cukur, perabaanmu lebih peka dari para dewa, pendengaran dapat menangkap musik dan ratap-tangis kehidupan; pengetahuanmu tentang manusia takkan bakal bisa kemput.”
Source: Bumi Manusia
“Jangan arahkan sudut pandangmu pada sesuatu yang belum tentu bisa kau lihat. Itu hanya akan melemparkanmu pada keterasingan dimana rasa syukur sering hanya sebatas ujung lidah.”
Source: Love Sparks In Korea
“Jangan bandingkan nasibmu dengan orang lain; bandingkan dirimu hari ini dengan dirimu kemarin—di situlah arti kemajuan dan kebahagian yang sesungguhnya.”
“Jangan bangkitkan cita-cita yang pasti akan mati. Janganlah hendak bermimpi bila lebih dulu telah diketahui nanti akan bangun dengan teramat mengecewakan.”
Source: Surat-Surat Kartini: Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsanya
“Jangan berharap dunia yang berubah, tapi diri kita lah yang harus berubah. Ingat anak-anakku, Allah berfirman, Dia tidak akan mengubah nasib sebuah kaum, sampai kaum itu sendirilah yang melakukan perubahan. Kalau kalian mau sesuatu dan ingin menjadi sesuatu, jangan hanya bermimpi dan berdoa, tapi berbuatlah, berubahlah, lakukan saat ini. Sekarang juga!”
Source: Negeri 5 Menara
“Jangan bersusah payah menjadi siapa siapa, demi disebut apa apa”
“Jangan berwajah seperti besok akan mati.
Nggak enak sama orang-orang yang hampir mati”
Source: Diamond Life Vol. 3
“Jangan biarkan bagian keamanan menghancurkan bagian
terdalam kalian, jangan biarkan diri kalian kesal dan marah,
hanya merugi dan menghabiskan energi. Hadapi dengan
lapang dada, dan belajar darinya. Bahkan kalian bisa tertawa,
karena ini hanya gangguan sementara.”
“jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kelemahan kita, nanti kita bisa dikalahkannya”
Source: Matahari Mata Hati
“Jangan biarkan orang sakit mencicipi kebugaran, sebab ia akan lebih sakit dari sebelumnya. Jangan biarkan orang bodoh merasakan sedikit pengetahuan, ia akan lebih tersiksa. Jangan biarkan orang miskin merengguk sedikit harta, ia akan terlilit lapar yang tak tertahankan.”
Source: Mat Pisau