Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
Haply for I am black, And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have; or for I am declined Into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To see human beings in agony, to see them covered in blood and to hear their death groans, makes people humble. It… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
The horror genre is an extremely delicate thing. You can talk to filmmakers and even psychologists who've studied the genre, and even… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Worpswede, Worpswede, I cannot get you out of my mind... Your magnificent pine trees! I call them my men--thick, gnarled, powerful, and… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too… — Harry Reasoner Copy Share Image
I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks it’s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I love the intimate, single spotlight, troubadour-y quiet, delicate moments. But I also love Springsteen and screaming and shouting. — James Bay Copy Share Image
The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked… — William John Wills Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I think life is cotton candy on a rainy day. For those who grew up with cotton candy the old-fashioned way, it… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I swim in a sea of words. They flow around me and through me and, by a process that is not fully… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of teaching have not yet entirely strangled that sacred spirit of curiosity… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What I might do is watch Mrs Doubtfire. Or Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting and I might be nice to… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
