It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
The government favors the most diplomatic language. That's why any letter to them should always start with, "Dear turkeys and foul maggots..." — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
My dear, it is a great strength to have faced the worst and to have *felt* it a feature of beauty. Nothing… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No!… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Figaro is a bad play. It stirs up hatred between the classes. In France, it has caused nothing but bitterness. My own… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes."… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I’ll never forget the first time I ran with a group of Kenyan women in 2004... The first mile was way slower… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
Imagine your shadow burning off the page / As the dear world and the dead word disengage — Don Paterson Copy Share Image
My dear fellow," he continued more soberly, "If you have managed to complicate things by forming a sentimental attachment in less than… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
You are so very wonderful and fill our lives with cheer, today's a celebration for a daughter-in-law so dear. Happy Birthday — Susan Smith Copy Share Image
Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A hilarious academic novel that'll send you laughing (albeit ruefully) back into the trenches of the classroom. . . . [A] mordant… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
There were nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head could carry; and then he would sometimes… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Dear Friends all, A thousand Christmas pleasures and blessings to you -- good resolutions and bright hopes for the New Year! Amen.… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
My Dear Reader Chum, a very hearty hello to you. What an honour and privilege it is to have you perusing my… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them to an idea — some news of your… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Let us not envy a certain class of men for their enormous riches; they have paid such an equivalent for them that… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
