“The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
Even in the lives of fishes, sensation is seldom a matter of one thing or another. Senses overlap. The lines between them… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
“She was a large, boneless woman who draped herself like an old blanket over the chairs of the apartment, staring for hours… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
“Out from the servient shoulders of some smooth-tongued Waiter it stares, into the scared dilating pupils of the White Satin Bride with… — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Copy Share Image
The term comics long ago became obsolete and inaccurate. It merely defined the content of the early joke-based comical strips. Sequential Art… — Will Eisner Copy Share Image
God doesn't call people to a job description, He calls people to Himself and His mission in the world. — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I've been called a minimalist composer for more than 30 years, and while I've never really agreed with the description, I've gotten… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
“The hours stretch out in summer, the evenings go on and on; has he lost track of hours? Where are you, Zachariah?… — Emma Richler Copy Share Image
If you're selling something on Craiglist, it's never a good idea to end the description with, May have lice. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
I suppose in our contemporary lives, our cumulative e-mails might constitute a kind of diary: that informal, moment-by-moment description of life as… — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Perhaps we see equations as simple because they are easily expressed in terms of mathematical notation already invented at an earlier stage… — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
In descriptions of Nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“And across the water, you would swear you could sniff it all; the cinnamon and the cloves, the frankincense and the honey… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Storms are sex. They exist alongside and are indifferent to words and description and dissection. — Kevin Patterson Copy Share Image
The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The… — Ted Malloch Copy Share Image
Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
