Re'lar Kvothe," he said seriously. "I am trying to wake your sleeping mind to the subtle language the world is whispering. I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The man who does not think it was America's duty to fight for her own sake in view of the infamous conduct… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Adam swore harshly. "New werewolves are dangerous, woman. Especially when they are cold and hungry." He looked at Mac, and his voice… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. To such an extent indeed that one day, finding myself at the deathbed of… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
A horse walks into a bar, and the barman says "Why the long face?". The horse replies: "I'm deeply troubled by the… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
The first thing that jumps out in my mind is David versus Goliath. That's one of the first stories we ever learn… — Matt Cullen Copy Share Image
In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The word "Blue" does not mean the sensation caused by a gentian on the human eye; but it means the power of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Roxane: His face is like yours, burning with spirit and imagination. He is proud and noble and young and fearless and beautiful-… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she had to… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
When I was first painting the Monopoly guy I received a criticism. People said, "You're just painting cartoon characters, anyone can do… — Alec Monopoly Copy Share Image
God hides nothing. His very work from the beginning is revelation--a casting aside of veil after veil, a showing unto men of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer's long hair in water. I knew the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I've always liked rooms where the party hasn't started yet...I love the feeling that anything could happen. After the party, when anything… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel a great ennui, profound emptiness, doubts which sneer in my face in the midst of the most spontaneous satisfactions.… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
- Might it console you to know that I expect nothing but torture from her return? That I regard you as a… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
No sacrifice is worth the name unless it is a joy. Sacrifice and a long face go ill together. Sacrifice is 'making… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They're going to have medical need… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The coral that grows at the edge of the reef is always the strongest and most colourful because it faces the greatest… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
The 1992 US Olympic basketball team is the best sports team ever, the equivalent of rounding up the greatest American writers of… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Christendom and heathendom now stand face to face... At bottom is a violent and irreconcilable quarrel about the nature of God and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I don't think there is anyone in any sport who combined the supreme talent with a great personality. He is also is… — Jack Buck Copy Share Image
Crushed to earth and rising again is an author's gymnastic. Once he fails to struggle to his feet and grab his pen,… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face,… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
This is the face of our political class: arrogant, authoritarian, and on the level of some banana republic south of the border.… — Justin Raimondo Copy Share Image
I swear, I almost died back there on that ship, you know." He let her hand go, but he was staring at… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Cogswhallop glanced skeptically at the complex runes. "Are you sure this'll work, gen'ral?" "Of course I'm sure-" Ping. The silvery note echoed… — Hilari Bell Copy Share Image
Michaelangelo said the mirror is our greatest teacher. My use of mirrors in my work helps me uncover psychic layers. Often, the… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
