O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains over kings; Their sumptuous monuments, men know them not, Their… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
17. Butterfly A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer… — F.B. Meyer Copy Share Image
Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled, into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Raking over the past and sifting its dust is an occupation for the idle or the elderly retired. — Armand Hammer Copy Share Image
It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
[He] looked up and imagined the hand of God flinging stars like shining dust across the heavens. No. He was wrong to… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
I looked a hundred times and all I saw was dust. The sun broke through and flecks of gold filled the air. — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding… — Sarah Hall Copy Share Image
We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man's social conditions....A ny religion that professes to be concerned with… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Joe Biden says the Wall Street crisis is the result of George W. Bush's tax cuts, which makes as much sense as… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image