Oh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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My favorite would have to be concealer, which I don't think anyone can live without these days. I use the CK One… — Lara Stone Copy Share Image
And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not want to go to heaven; I want my children, forever children, and other children, stalwart adults, and a good… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
On the face of it, these look like bad times for Labour and for Ed Miliband's leadership. There seems to be no… — Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman Copy Share Image
There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
My assessment is that we have a crisis in national political leadership. When will America recognize the danger we face? When will… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
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When the Negro finds the courage to be free, he faces dogs and guns and clubs and fire hoses totally unafraid, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
She glanced across to where Tilly and her brand new husband were posing for photographs, Tilly fluttering a fan coquettishly in front… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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Among all the wisdom and facts I learned from Giannon, I also learned the loneliness of incarnation, in which there is inevitably… — Kate Horsley Copy Share Image
Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Hello, Max," he said quietly, searching my face. "How do you feel?" Which was a ten on the "imbecilic question" scale of… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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and how we are all preparing for that abrupt waking, and that calling, and that moment we have to say yes, except… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
The hostility of this landscape teaches me how to be quiet and unobtrusive, how to find grace among spiders with a poisonous… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm, he presses his… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
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