Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. — Marina Tsvetaeva Copy Share Image
My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence,… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
By the deficiency or absence of one necessary constituent, all the others being present, the soil is rendered barren for all those… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again.… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
When the president acts in absence of a congressional grant of authority, he can rely only upon his own independent powers. When… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
When my absence doesnt alter your life, then my presence has no meaning in it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It's the presence of a reconciling spirit. — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The riches of heaven, the honor which cometh from God only, and the pleasures at His right hand, the absence of all… — Thomas Hartwell Horne Copy Share Image
In the calculus of feelings, you never really know how one person's absence will affect you more than another's. — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Learn how to give your absence to those who don't appreciate your presence, in the end you will make them realize how… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A better name for nirvana might be endless love. Love not even in the sense that we see it if we're watching… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The meditator develops new depths of insight through direct communication with the reality of the phenomenal world... He or she is able… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
