Jenny Levine > Jenny's Quotes

“Wine is bottled poetry.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”
― Molière

“I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going!”
― Laura Lynch, Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity

“Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“This is my problem. I want other people to tell me how they feel. But I'm not so sure I want to return the favor.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive

“a “grouplet”—a small, self-organized team that has almost no budget and even less authority, but that tries to change something within the company.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.”
― Hiromu Arakawa

“People at work are thirsting for context, yearning to know that what they do contributes to a larger whole. And a powerful way to provide that context is to spend a little less time telling how and a little more time showing why.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
― Markus Herz

“Perhaps we expect gay public figures and other prominent queer people to come out, to stand and be counted, so they can do the work we’re unwilling to do to change the world, to carry the burdens we are unwilling to shoulder, to take the stands we are unwilling to make. As individuals, we may not be able to do much, but when we’re silent when someone uses the word “gay” as an insult, we are falling short. When we don’t vote to support equal marriage rights for all, we are falling short.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays

“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”
― Shelby Foote

“If they had given standardized tests in assassin school, he would not have lasted a day.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“political correctness. The history of this concept is as wild and unruly as the conversations about it have become. At this point, the term is so loaded that I think it makes more sense to talk about inclusive language.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone