We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call,… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“The whole organization seemed to be in free fall, indulging in a collective fantasy in which experienced colleagues refused to admit that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Adam became so proud that he wished to become God and died for his pride; the Son of God humbled Himself unto… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
In the end things must be as they are and have always been--the great things remain for the great, the abysses for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I've been to unpretty places with the roles I've played, and I'm attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the… — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.' 'I won't let you fall. — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“But first whom shall we send In search of this new world, whom shall we find Sufficient? Who shall tempt, with wand'ring… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Many women don’t know what orgasm is. Many men don’t know was total orgasm is. Many only achieve a local orgasm, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
We belong to an age where apocalypse is our daily bread, coffee's black, and we know we're part of the abyss. Red… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary, made me laugh along with… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
Irrespective of any external, regulatory force, our capacity for feeling is in itself an insatiable and bottomless abyss. — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But… — John Milton Copy Share Image
KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gained one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please,… — James Dashner Copy Share Image