The boredom overtook us, he began to speak.

The devil told my mind that my thoughts held no power; and this seemed true until my thoughts I began to speak.

— Stefanie Schneider

I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my…

— Roberto Cavalli

“He laid his hands on her head, pushing back the hood. He began to speak. His voice was soft, and the words were in…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

…he began to speak to me, not in the jocular way of visitors to the menagerie but rather as one speaks to the wind…

— Daniel Quinn

“they catch us, we’re going right back into the cell.” Roark went silent, and then dragged a chair out from the table. “Sit,” he…

— Bella Forrest

When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding inquiries about…

— Rick Perlstein

I was precocious, so I began reading 'Cosmo' when I was 12.

— Joanna Coles

“I'm not giving up my life. My life began when I met you.”

— Shannon Eckrich

When God made the world, all things began with him. Life, death, it all began when he said so. That includes you and me…

— Manae Poet Of Carisis

I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism'…

— Caleb Landry Jones

I didn't have any role models. I really thought I was doomed to this loveless, lonely life. I didn't know any gay people until…

— Bryan Batt

We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten…

— Rumi

“Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you began, and let the Lord be all in all to you.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were…

— Jack Adams

When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and…

— Soledad O'Brien