Janna Levin Quotes

People used to try to hijack quantum mechanics and its inherent mystery to cast a cloud around determinism, in the hope that free will could survive modern physics. But that never worked very well. Since when does random chance equal free will? The only salvation for volition is a soul and faith and you’re not allowed to ask me about that.

Janna Levin

Quotes to Explore

I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.

Taya Kyle
- People
- Death
- Loved
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

Fran Lebowitz
- People
- Hope
- Moral
I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.

Walter Dean Myers
- People
- Book
- Bad
Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.

Kaki King
- People
- Up
- End
After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people.

E. L. Konigsburg
- People
- Up
- World
It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.

Zac Brown Band
- People
- Important
- Show