Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer “I fear that, with our current veneration for the natural and the real, we have arrived at the opposite pole to all idealism, and have landed in the region of the waxworks.” Real Opposites Natural ♥ 3
Jane Austen Novelist “People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour.” People Long Opposites ♥ 3
Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer “I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up against argument.” Needs Opposites Biographies ♥ 3
Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher, Writer “As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.” Truth Stories Opposites ♥ 3
Jeaniene Frost Author “...that left Francesca to slink into the chair opposite us. My feeling of superiority was short-lived, however, when she settled herself down and then crossed her legs. I didn't need a mirror to know my whole face had just turned red. With a hemline up to her thighs that gesture didn't leave anything to the imagination. Bones curled his fingers around mine and squeezed. His hand was still warmed from our contact moments ago. That's how fast he had to grab me again to keep me sitting where I was instead of yanking off my jacket to make her a pair of panties.” Hands Mirrors Opposites ♥ 3
Jeaniene Frost Author “Wrong way, Bones. The men's showers are in the opposite direction." I'll file that away with all the other information that doesn't pertain to me" was Bones' mocking reply.” Men Opposites Information ♥ 3
Jimi Hendrix Musician, Guitarist “In World War II all these countries were completely against each other, complete opposite. Now we're getting them all together, through the idea of music.” War Country Opposites ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “The whole thing was the precise opposite of what I figured it would be: slow and patient and quiet and neither particularly painful nor particularly ecstatic” Would Be Opposites Patient ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears. But the feeling Colin had was some horrible opposite of crying. It was you, minus something. He kept thinking about one word - forever - and felt the burning ache just beneath his rib cage.” Thinking Forever Opposites ♥ 3
JL John Leo Journalist, Author “The diversity revolution [in the news media] was supposed to increase readership and enhance credibility. Just the opposite has resulted. How long will it take the business to figure this out?” Long Media Opposites ♥ 3
Johnny Depp Actor, Producer “Marlon Brando was the absolute opposite of everything they told me he was going to be, which is that he was a testy guy who wants to know that he's in control of everything. But, that's not who Marlon was. No matter what he did, the most important thing on his mind was justice.” Justice Guy Opposites ♥ 3
Jonathon Keats Artist, Philosopher “I was interested first of all in trying to capture this myth that was always changing and to create some sort of a master story, some version of the myth that resonated with me, since I could have taken more or less any detail that I wanted or the opposite and try to put that down on the page in a way that I could express from that outset for myself and for our readers what it was that was so magical about [Buckminster] Fuller's way of putting together the world.” Trying Taken Opposites ♥ 3
