Jim

“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”
― Charles de Gaulle

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”
― Charles de Gaulle

“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter