“And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always the King, not by strength alone, but King by cunning and luck and strength together. Among the rats.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“There are no buts, my son. True there are degrees of honor — but one man can have only one code. Do what you like. It's your choice. Some things a man must decide for himself. Sometimes you have to adapt to circumstances. But for the love of God guard yourself and your conscience — no one else will — and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Очите им се срещнаха и едно обещание бе дадено, прието и върнато.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“...щом се доверяваш на някого и го наемаш заради ума му, дай му възможност да действа. Иначе защо са ти хора, дето само изпълняват заповеди и си налягат парцалите.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“...докато накрая и те започваха да се заричат: "От утре тръгвам редовно. От утре започвам да се подготвям за онова, което искам да бъда след войната. Няма време за губене. От утре вече тръгвам". Но в Чанги, както навсякъде, съществуваше само днес.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Ce minunat, ce minunat de simplu e să poți spune că dragostea te aduce aproape de Dumnezeu.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Без жената мъжът е просто една нелепа шега.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Ако си лишен от опита на годините, това не означава, че си лишен от разум.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
“Жената е създадена да изкушава. Тя живее с насладата да бъде желана.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat
James Clavell
Born place: in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born date October 10, 1924
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“Have you ever felt like you were searching for something, only you didn't know what it was until you found it?”
― Lindy Zart, quote from Unlit Star
“The document that was associated with the divine name Yahweh/Jehovah was called J. The document that was identified as referring to the deity as God (in Hebrew, Elohim) was called E. The third document, by far the largest, included most of the legal sections and concentrated a great deal on matters having to do with priests, and so it was called P. And the source that was found only in the book of Deuteronomy was called D. The question was how to uncover the history of these four documents—not only who wrote them, but why four different versions of the story were written, what their relationship to each other was, whether any of the authors were aware of the existence of the others’ texts, when in history each was produced, how they were preserved and combined, and a host of other questions. The first step was to try to determine the relative order in which they were written. The idea was to try to see if each version reflected a particular stage in the development of religion in biblical Israel. This approach reflected the influence in nineteenth-century Germany of Hegelian notions of historical development of civilization. Two nineteenth-century figures stand out. They approached the problem in very different ways, but they arrived at complementary findings. One of them,”
― Richard Elliott Friedman, quote from Who Wrote the Bible?
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
― Chris Bradford, quote from The Way of the Dragon
“The best I can hope for is the occasional moment of loose happy freedom—found usually with Harp but once or twice on this trip with Peter—that tells me it’s okay. That if I was put on this earth for any particular reason, it was to experience love and joy, just like anybody else.”
― Katie Coyle, quote from Vivian Apple at the End of the World
“Nunca olvidé su definición de héroe. Campbell dijo que un héroe es 'un ser humano común y corriente que hace lo mejor en las peores circunstancias'.”
― quote from The Boy on the Wooden Box
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