Why won't you drown?" he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. "I'm Poseidon's son," I said. "Curse that upstart! I was here… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Busyness, I feel increasingly, is the writer's curse and downfall. You read too much and write too readily, you become cut off… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The death of Christ proclaimed the justice and perpetuity of his Father's law in punishing the transgressor, in that he consented to… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse… — George Mason Copy Share Image
South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with… — Kim Il-sung Copy Share Image
The floods of nonsense printed in the form of critical opinions seem to me a chief curse of the times, a chief… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“To overestimate myself is to make myself my own god. To underestimate myself is to make myself my own demon. And the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
It was an axiom of "containment" that no part of the known world could be considered neutral. "Neutralism" was among the Cold… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Think about what it is you're after." "Understanding," she said slowly. "Good," Bill said. "What else?" A nervous energy was coursing through… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons,… — Deborah Davis Copy Share Image
Heroes!" Euryale said with disgust. "They always bring that up, just like our mother! 'why can't you turn people to stone? your… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is going to be a long, hard haul; it will require patience, courage, faith that hangs on when hope fails, if… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. I don't want anything else in life. But you are forcing me to look at wealth… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Since the beginning of the world, a prayer is a prayer and a curse is a curse-- no matter the people-- no… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
How widely its agencies vary,- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American… — John Hope Copy Share Image
Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a good brain on me, but I've never really used it when it came to making decisions about love, which… — Sienna Miller Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Fanboys are a creator's blessing and curse. If a fanboy likes you, they love you. Obsessively. If you cross them with some… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to… — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
“And then--with the curse, or, in this case, blessing, of the unpopular, the unathletic, the overweight, the strange--they vanished like shadows into… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't believe in curses. A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
My lord," catherine asked,her eyes wide, "do you think that has anything to do with the Ramsay curse?" "Actually, that hadn't occurred… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
I do here in the most solemn and bitter manner curse the Prime Minister of England [sic] for having cumulated all his… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
If death is truly a curse,' Spock said, as soberly as some power pronouncing a hundred years of sleep, but with a… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
Michael made his debut in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic, Halloween, possibly the best scare movie to come along in the last… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
from one minute to the next the present is merely an honorary past. It must be filled unceasingly anew to dissemble the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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