To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“There is no wonder, no amazement, quite like that felt when something supposed for amusement's sake to be magical and mysterious actually… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
I call'd the devil, and he came, And with wonder his form did I closely scan; He is not ugly, and is… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
“This green flowery rock-built earth, the trees, the mountains, rivers, many-sounding seas;—that great deep sea of azure that swims overhead; the winds… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“In his first summers, forsaking all his toys, my son would stand rapt for nearly an hour in his sandbox in the… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
A great silence has descended on me for the last six months. I am as silent as an Arab in the desert,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then others will be touched similarly. Sometimes people wonder or worry… — Sark Copy Share Image
But do you really mean, Sir," said Peter, "that there could be other worlds-all over the place, just round the corner-like that?"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
“Since holiness is the main thing that excites, draws, and governs all gracious affections, it is no wonder that all such affections… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings,… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes and bags… — Jon McGregor Copy Share Image
D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If… — Malorie Blackman Copy Share Image
There’s a certain relationship which we have to have with our inner functioning. That of respect and that of wonder. When we… — Charlotte Selver Copy Share Image
I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share Image
The wonder of an artist's performance grows with the range of his penetration, with the instinctive sympathy that makes him, in his… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Your legs feel like fried bacon after a day of climbing and descending. It's a roller coaster ride, but no one is… — Frosty Wooldridge Copy Share Image
Ever wonder how much patience you should have with someone, you know, before you lose your temper? Infinite. But careful now. That… — Mike Dooley Copy Share Image
I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America. It's… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
That's how you write novels actually. You suddenly hit upon something and you realize this is the path you were meant to… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
When you feel perpetually unmotivated, you start questioning your existence in an unhealthy way; everything becomes a pseudo intellectual question you have… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or soothing landscape fast, to… — Amy Gerstler Copy Share Image
When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
Was it weird hearing from Jace?" asked Simon, his voice carefully neutral. "I mean, since you found out..." His voice trailed off.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I always have a feeling of awe and wonder at what God can do - using me as an instrument. I believe… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I seem to wonder if we can reach some kind of new destination with cinema, or touch upon human existence in a… — Christoffer Boe Copy Share Image
I worry hope will crush me, the way love has so many times before. Are they so different, hope and love? O… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time looking at that picture. Wondering what I’d think of that girl, if I was someone else,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
