Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.
Elizabeth JanewayI admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.
Elizabeth JanewayIf every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.
Elizabeth Janewaya problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.
Elizabeth Janeway