#except

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#attachment #control #except #freedom #gains

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#except #feels #free #oyster #pearl

Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#contract #dirty #drinking #even #except

I know nothing about platonic love except that it is not to be found in the works of Plato. ↗

— Edgar Jepson

#except #found #i #know #love

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#best #course #exceptionally #good #liar

So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions. ↗

— Rafer Johnson

#except #had #hershey #i #kids

You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#clear #clear vision #exceptionally #fewer #me

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#ever #except #man #money #wrote

My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#exceptional #had #herself #literate #mother

And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions. ↗