Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me to love. Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
But every human path leads on to God; He holds a myriad finer threads than gold, And strong as holy wishes, drawing… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
Brain surgery is a fairly aggressive process. There's a lot to get through. There's the beautiful, delicate shaving first, which is really… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark; Our women's world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry… — Qiu Jin Copy Share Image
The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Words are delicate instruments: How to use them so that, after having read the poem, the taste remaining is not of the… — Luljeta Lleshanaku Copy Share Image
My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate. — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
The question of integrity will get finer and finer and more delicate and more beautiful. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
As much as anything, the anglers will clue you in to the midge hatch. You will see them hunched over in concentration… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A life is a moment in season. A life is one snowfall. A life is one autumn day. A life is the… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
When something is iconic, if you're very careful and delicate, you can add onto that iconography. It can expand. People have attached… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image