Author: Jesse Ball

Quotes

The crucial thing in any work of any kind is that it must be a gift - the reader must possess it even more than the person who wrote it. It must be given completely.

The crucial thing in any work of any kind is that it must be a gift - the reader must possess it even more than the person who wrote it. It must be given completely.

- Jesse Ball

I think it's a dangerous thing for anyone to have power over other people.

I think it's a dangerous thing for anyone to have power over other people.

- Jesse Ball

The move to hide aging is sort of sad. But it's a wonderful thing to celebrate our aging.

The move to hide aging is sort of sad. But it's a wonderful thing to celebrate our aging.

- Jesse Ball

I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn't have very much faith in me.

I had a lot of trouble in school to begin with. I got left back in kindergarten, and I was in special education. My teachers didn't have very much faith in me.

- Jesse Ball

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

- Jesse Ball

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

- Jesse Ball

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