My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
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Every abstract picture of the world is as impossible as a blueprint of a storm. Don't be ashamed because you're human: be… — Tomas Transtromer Copy Share Image
Rohan's fingertips drifted with stunning delicacy over her throat, behind her ear, pushing into the satiny warmth of her hair. "You are… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
If someone is leaving you behind, and you are becoming jealous and embittered, keep praying that he may have success in the… — William Law Copy Share Image
No generation has had the opportunity, as we now have, to build a global economy that leaves no-one behind. It is a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only… — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
More and more people each year are going abroad for Christmas ... Fed up with the fact that commercial Christmas starts in… — M.C. Beaton Copy Share Image
You can't hide behind the guise of fiction. No matter how autobiographical a fictional scene is, you can always tell the reader… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it. — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
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Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Be patient? That's all you've got for me?" Steve complained ten minutes later. Kylie glanced up at Perry, circling them as they… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
