Quelque chose brûle en moi. J’attends et je n'attends pas. C’est peut-être dans cette rupture, dans cet instant, entre les deux pulsions, l’une qui va vers l’infini du oui, l’autre vers l’infini du non, qu’est le lieu de la vie. - Jean-Marie G. Le Clézio
Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time. - Wendell Berry
In lieu of those checks and balances central to our legal system,non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor,judge, jury and jailer or executioner. In an Orwellian twist, Bush'sorder calls this Soviet-style abomination 'a full and fair trial. - William Safire
The signs are just not subtle enough to pass onto oversight in lieu of self preservation. - Daleen Van Tonder