Novels are routinely denigrated when characters are not found to be likable. Is Raskolnikov likable? Is King Lear? The plethora of such… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
When I was writing some of songs for the record in Galapagos it was the feeling of being there I wanted to… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
The first idea of Young and Beautiful was to have a young boy and to explore the sexuality of boys. But, I… — Francois Ozon Copy Share Image
When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
We are a people that let the small things just go by because it's a little uncomfortable and nobody wants to ruffle… — Don Iveson Copy Share Image
Wind, weather, power, load - gradually these elements stop churning in my mind. It's less a decision of logic than a feeling,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have been into many of the ancient cathedrals - grand, wonderful, mysterious. But I always leave them with a feeling of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We're living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it'll be nothing but… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Memory was that woman on the train. Insane in the way she sifted through dark things in a closet and emerged with… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
One of the things that did intrigue me about when I read the pilot - because I had not read the books… — Sasha Alexander Copy Share Image
I want you." Feeling the grip of his hand in mine, the brush of skin on mine, seeing the way he moved… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good, that she didn't have to apologize for me. It was the strangest feeling.… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
I think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don't think the derogatory ''managed relationships''. It… — Anil Ambani Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's more acceptable or if black men are more comfortable. Black men certainly are more comfortable with it.… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
When there exists anywhere a state of suffering, a wrong, a condition of affairs that men of feeling deplore and that troubles… — Charles Wagner Copy Share Image
Get yourself out. Be brave. Don't leave before you're ready, because you should know that you tried everything. So there's a conviction… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
There are two magic acts I want to pull off when I write. One is creating a feeling that when you're inside… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When we are very young children we know how to feel. It's innate. But as we lead a lifetime, we pick up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You may have success in life, but then just think of it - what kind of life was it? What good was… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Immediately upon the fall, the mind of man shrank from its primitive greatness and expandedness, to an exceeding smallness and contractedness... Before,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always… — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
Some people come into our life and make it so beautiful Some stay for a while and leave their footprints on our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it's the current that connects me and my actual pulse… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I have a lot of good memories, especially the days when I have lifted trophies. They are great feelings. That is why… — Park Ji-sung Copy Share Image
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle:… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
Loving others in a biblical manner involves your thoughts, words, and actions and is a sign of your being a disciple of… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
A good friend is someone we can count on, as well as being so much more. A friend is someone with whom… — Jennifer Youngs Copy Share Image
I have some mixed feelings about tomorrow. I am turning over a new page in my life, a page that was a… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Hoping a situation will change keeps you at a distance from your true feelings-sadness, anger, fear. Each of these feelings is best… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if you go away, you will not come back. Something will happen to one of… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Although words exist for the most part for the transmission of ideas, there are some which produce such violent disturbance in our… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
