"The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered." — Harriet Ann Jacobs, African-American writer, born 1823
"Look - the moon thumbs through night's book. Finds a lake where nothing is printed. Draws a straight line. That's all it can. That's enough. Thick line. Straight toward you - Look." — Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian poet, born 1907
"Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It's not all as evil as you think." — Rolf Jacobsen, Norwegian poet, born 1907
"People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable." — Mick Jagger, English singer, born 1943
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." — Henry James, American-English author, born 1843
"The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have." — Henry James, American-English author, born 1843
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." — Henry James, American-English author, born 1843
"To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him." — Henry James, American-English author, born 1843
"The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular music on the radio. I put the radio on full blast and I started moving. I didn't know what it looked like. I didn't want to see it. I had to start in the dark." — Judith Jamison, American choreographer, born 1943
"Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement." — Gerald Jampolsky, American psychiatrist, born 1925