G.C. Julien Quotes

Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer.

Perhaps the greatest consolation of the oppressed is to consider themselves superior to their tyrants.

When the house is blown up, there’s nothing to shut or open.

Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does.

A dish around which I see too many people doesn't tempt me.

Within ourselves is not very far and yet it is so far that one's whole life is not always long enough to get there.

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding.

And what can still delight an inert stone except to become, once more, the bed of a raging torrent?

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write.

It’s not the light that’s attracting me, but the darkness that’s driving me on.

For us life is a fact, no less, and, above all, no more.

The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.

Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world.

So if you see no one like you, no one who agrees, don't worry. There are actually hundreds of people like you, and they're waiting for a leader. That person is you.

When all hope is lost, remember that light can be found even in the deepest of oceans.

You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.

...a redoubtable alchemy was at work behind impenetrable veils as the forest prepared its nocturnal mysteries.

No one has a problem with the first mile of a journey. Even an infant could do fine for a while. But it isn't the start that matters. It's the finish line.

It's okay to dream, but remember to plan when you wake up.

True poetry is embarrassing.

Everything you are used to, once done long enough, starts to seem natural, even though it might not be.