The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Life, it has been agreed by everyone whose opinion is worth consulting, is the only fit subject for novelist or biographer; life,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Anyway, I thought, it's wishful thinking, all this talk of ghosts. If the dead wandered among us, their spirits still present on… — Carolyn Parkhurst Copy Share Image
“It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“When put into print, thought is more imperishable than ever; it is volatile, intangible, indestructible; it mingles with the air. In the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I think there should be a little bit of uneasiness in everything, because I do think we're all really in a sense… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
“Language and hearing are seated in the cerebral cortex, the folded gray matter that covers the first couple of millimeters of the… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
“Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle, Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
And what avails it that science has come to treat space and time as simply forms of thought, and the material world… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am certain I have not a right feeling towards women -- at this moment I am striving to be just to… — John Keats Copy Share Image
“Do you ever wonder what if?” I asked cautiously. Her eyes turned sad as she shook her head. “Don’t.” I stared back… — Beth Ehemann Copy Share Image
When I first started out in the entertainment business, I made a list of people I thought it would be good to… — Brian Grazer Copy Share Image
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
“The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“is your brain on drugs.” I saw that image in the scorching nighttime sky. I heard the disembodied voice. But what I… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didn't always realize how rare that… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“It was a splendid mind. For if thought is like the keyboard of a piano, divided into so many notes, or like… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The craziest thing is walking down the streets of New York and people recognizing me and asking for my photo. It has… — Nick Goepper Copy Share Image
The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I was four or five, and my mom got all the Power Rangers to come through. I thought it was really them.… — Domo Genesis Copy Share Image
Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this?… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I make very proper clothes. But I was never that person. For a long time, I thought that was the image I… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
“I find this to be true of my spiritual life, and maybe it applies to yours as well: I think about things… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Worrying about what others think, creates inhibition. The way to make a good impression on other people is: Never consciously try to… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
All the questions discussed in the Talmud and related rabbinic literature are normative questions: either they are questions of what one is… — David Novak Copy Share Image
A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
“We are liable to miss the best of life if we do not know how to tingle, if we do not learn… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Protestantism has actually put a man in the position of a country governed by secret police. The spy and eavesdropper, 'conscience,' watches… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
“Love, she thought, should not come with such quick intensity. It should flow slowly, with tenderness and gentle feelings. It shouldn't stab… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
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