#very

When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#about #been #found #gave #had

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#conquest #deeply #every #mind #more

We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond. ↗

— Jim Jeffords

#education #elementary #ensure #every #high-quality

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#death #defeat #doors #drowning #emigration

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#back #every #every time #exile #i

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#mother #mother tongue #syllables #those #tongue

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#allowed #average #bourgeois #end #everything

I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if He wanted, but I very much doubt if He would. ↗

— David Edward Jenkins

#birth #doubt #god #i #much

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started. ↗

— Ferguson Jenkins

#black #effort #every #first-hand #get

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#broken #every #family #heartbreak #heavy