#pen

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. ↗

— Erica Jong

#hands #happens #life #own #take

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheaper #declining #i #i think #life

I would like to play every day. Whether or not that happens, we'll see. ↗

— Brian Jordan

#every #every day #happens #i #like

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

#depends #life #lived #long #short

No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

#life #miserable #really #tried #who

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#around #called #down #film #i

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#i #law #obey #penalty #submit

I got so lucky on my 'Red Widow' cast. It was just the universe looking out for me that I got those actors. It's a big ensemble cast, a very international cast. I don't know how that happened. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#cast #ensemble #got #happened #how

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#even #liberty #organization #over #peace

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. ↗

— Helen Keller

#amount #devil #die #energy #ennui