James > James's Quotes

“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“It is not enough
to embrace knowledge
if we are not also willing
to use that knowledge
to benefit the world.”
― Ann E. Burg, Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson

“Life should be about curiosity,
wonder and discovery --
not grades.”
― Ann E. Burg, Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson

“Not a wind, not even a high, exactly, but an elevation. A sense that you had gone beyond yourself and could go farther still.”
― Stephen King, Elevation