Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
If things are tough, remember that every flower had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. So do… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
As for the bitter herbs… To see everyone with tears coursing down their faces, laughing and gasping at the same time, is… — Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger Copy Share Image
“What good it would have done me at that time to have been tossed in the storms of an uncertain struggling like,… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“In Psalm 32:1 David reminded us that the blessed person is the one “whose transgressions are forgiven, / whose sins are covered.”… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Experience often repeated, truly bitter experience, had taught him long ago that with decent people, especially Moscow people -- always slow to… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
If things are tough, remember that every flower that ever bloomed had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
“But she did not say it, she kept rigidly silent. Ostrakova had already sworn to herself that she would restrain both her… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Down to the closest friend every man is a potential murderer. Often it wasn't necessary to bring out the gun or the… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“This is all a figurative way of speaking about what is unmentionable. What is unmentionable is pure fuck and pure cunt; it… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image