Allegra Pazzi: Dr. Fell, do you believe a man could become so obsessed with a woman, from a single encounter? Hannibal Lecter:… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
In literary representation, the distinction between the genuinely erotic and the licentious is a distinction not of subject-matter, but of perspective. The… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I'm not encouraged by the silence. I can think of no benign reason for it. I'm afraid we may expect something closer… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Obstacles can arise from good as well as bad circumstances, but they should never deter or overpower you. Be like the earth,… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Everybody is an expert in giving advice on how you cannot do something. So forget about everybody. And then, when you encounter… — Maria Elena Ibanez Copy Share Image
To be able to rise from the earth; to be able, from a station in outer space, to see the relationship of… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ... Only in this personal relationship… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
Students are too busy jumping through the next hurdle in the résumé race to figure out what they really want. They are… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
To be human, at the most profound level, is to encounter honestly the inescapable circumstances that constrain us, yet muster the courage… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Because I was a dancer when I was a kid, I have so much empathy for these young girls who are so… — Sharon Lawrence Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain. It's a little frightening to… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
I want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
I cannot live in mediocrity, content with merely knowing that there is more of God to experience and explore -and then do… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
All wars derive from lack of empathy: the incapacity of one to understand and accept the likeness or difference of another. Whether… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
Years later, my wife, Ilusion, woke me up to the realization that you can't just "dump" your whole species simply because you've… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I thought I was going to be a paleontologist because I loved dinosaurs. I loved monster movies… — Dee Bradley Baker Copy Share Image
Every day is perfect because there's no other day! As a friend of mine said, "Ride the horse in the direction it's… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Don't evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way... Instead, wake up and appreciate everything you encounter… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
By studying the Bible one can at best know about God. There is a vast difference between knowing God and knowing about… — Tommy Tenney Copy Share Image
Stephen Hawking's been watching too many Hollywood movies. I think the only kind aliens in Hollywood are the ones created by Steven… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Healthy mysticism praises acts of letting go, of being emptied, of getting in touch with the space inside and expanding this until… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
Only he who is capable of a genuine encounter with the other is capable of an authentic encounter with himself, and the… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
When you meet anyone, treat the event as a holy encounter. It's through others that we either find or love our self.… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I’m not trying to turn you into cowboys, I’m just trying to get you better coordinated, get your horse used to things,… — Buck Brannaman Copy Share Image
Seemed to me important in writing about people to be able to describe the sexual transactions between them. It's - for many… — John Updike Copy Share Image
To encounter such a being is considered the ultimate karmic blessing in the sense that your life will be so configured that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Vlad had found himself longing to encounter those of his own kind, to travel to the streets of Elysia-that far away world,… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
