Jl Brown Quotes

By nature we are creatures of hope, always ready to be deceived again, caught by the marvel that might be wrapped in the grubbiest brown paper parcel.

Feeling inspired, I grabbed one of Jay’s cookbooks from the kitchen shelf and flicked through until I found a recipe for something I recognised. Lasagna. That was just pasta, and pasta was easy, right? Trying not to be put off by the list of ingredients longer than my small intestine, I scanned the instructions. Chop onions… I could do that. Brown mince…trickier but manageable. Probably. Make a roux in the usual way… I sighed, shut the book with a snap and went off to make dinner in my usual way: pierce film; bung in microwave; wait for bell.

The circumstance is not of consequence, but how you react to it is. Being still and doing nothing are two very different things.

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky

As you know and I know, almost all scientists believe in climate change. The only people who refuse to believe it are the intellectual descendants of those who believed the world was flat.

By nature we are creatures of hope, always ready to be deceived again, caught by the marvel that might be wrapped in the grubbiest brown paper parcel.

I don’t want you to die. I don’t want this love story between us to end. I love you and that’s the truest thing I’ve ever felt in my life.” Fresh tears fell from her deep brown eyes, drowning me in her love. “Maggie!” I screamed her name, the overwhelming feelings of love and loyalty consuming my emotions. All I saw was her, the way her body trembled with every kiss I placed against her skin. The way her smile warmed every single part of my body.

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.-Noam Chomsky

A lifetime wasn’t long enough to make all the mistakes yourself.