At some of the darkest moments in my life, some people I thought of as friends deserted me-some because they cared about… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
(Carmine Crocco) A farm-labourer and cowherd, had joined the Bourbon army, killed a comrade in a brawl, deserted and lived as an… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
Whoever climbed the Lord's mountain had to possess clean hands and an innocent heart; otherwise the Summit would kill him. Today the… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
He wondered how he could ever have thought of the planets, even of the Earth, as islands of life and reality floating… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is such a mysterious place because there's so much evil in that city, but there's also so much light. You… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Lilacs, False Blue, White, Purple, Colour of lilac, Your great puffs of flowers Are everywhere in this my New England ... Lilacs… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
The entity that gives life and motion to the human body is finer still and lies infinitely beyond the reach of our… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The utter failure came at the Crucifixion in the tragic words, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' If you… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's cliché. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Lots of you know me as a lone, hard-bitten columnist, prone to lurking on deserted rocky promontories while searching for my muse. — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I started talking about things that everybody could relate to. And that's not to say I deserted my roots, I just found… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
The wives who are not deserted, but who have to feed and clothe and comfort and scold and advise, are the true… — William McFee Copy Share Image
Being conservative has never been regarded as old-fashioned. But if you fight for a sensible step in the right direction which others… — Poul Henningsen Copy Share Image
Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must… — Theobald Smith Copy Share Image
For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet. — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
The snow is falling on the deserted field of my life, and my hopes, which roam far, are afraid of becoming frozen… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
As a movement Cubism had consistently stopped short of complete abstraction. Heretics such as Delaunay had painted pure abstractions but in so… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“The moon seemed to veil herself before the bold looks of Satan. The night was cold. All the doors were closed, all… — James Hain Friswell Copy Share Image
