We stood there, the three of us, our jaws firmly planted on the floor. Aunt Lil recovered first. She nudged me with… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
In the reading and writing life, delight, for me, is where the mystery lies. Easy enough to figure out how scenes of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder have created a compelling vision for a Clean Tech Nation and a roadmap for creating it, even… — Ralph Cavanagh Copy Share Image
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mine is the Month of Roses; yes, and mine The Month of Marriages! All pleasant sights And scents, the fragrance of the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The basic paradox about sex is that it always seems to be offering more than it can deliver. A glimpse of a… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise?… — John Milton Copy Share Image
How many families, whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of life, are then reunited,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
She bounded before me, and returned to my side, and was off again like a young greyhound; and, at first, I found… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
A muddy little stream, a village grown unfamiliar with time and trees. I turn around and retrace my way up Main Street… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
But when on shore, & wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude ever imagined, I enjoy… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
My hope for all of us is that 'the miles we go before we sleep' will be filled with all the feelings… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The Lover is ever drunk with Love. He is mad. She is free. He sings with delight. She dances in ecstasy. Caught… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“She must be rich who can forego An hour so jewelled with delight, She must have teasuries of joy That she can… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
And so, in calm expectation of a blessed future and a finished work which will explain the past, in honest submission of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far we've come from the cuddly old 'I'm Feeling Lucky'… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white, So full of gladness and so full of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an agent for social good. That is why… — Ron Conway Copy Share Image
A hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute Delight regards Time's countless works: To house God's joy in things… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
When one sees one of the romantic creatures before him he imagines he is looking at some holy being, so wonderful that… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
Football is entertainment in which the audience is expected to delight in gladiatorial action that a growing portion of the audience knows… — George Will Copy Share Image
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Hannah Tinti writes with uncommon grace and stunning insight. Her quirky tribe of outcasts will break into your dreams and steal your… — Melanie Rae Thon Copy Share Image
The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into Chaos and old Night, and is followed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Never forget that the most essential fashion accessories, the ones no woman can afford to do without, come from within. A generous… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
