When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become.… — Matthew Woodring Stover Copy Share Image
But the sound of water escaping from mill-dams, &c., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things. Shakespeare… — John Constable Copy Share Image
I suppose I knew on an intellectual level that graves weren't especially made for getting out of. I mean, you start with… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me . — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
Keep an eye on the weather, which is changing faster than predicted, and on the new diseases escaping or being made, even… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Ishbel read maps like storybooks. She was getting off the island, and no one was going to stop her. That was all… — Kirsty Logan Copy Share Image
“Laine slowly rolled out of bed. The queen size was one of the few new things in the house. But now, even… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
“I believe all sin, love, glory are this: when you slide down the knotted sheets, escaping from Gestapo headquarters, and she hugs… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t the first time he’d run for his life. And it most likely would not be the last. In the past… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction… — Alfred Wainwright Copy Share Image
Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him. — Clark Moustakas Copy Share Image
Christ's resurrection doesn't mean escaping from the world; it means mission to the world based on Jesus's lordship over the world. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
No country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population - especially firearms that are capable of wounding… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
In this new war, our enemy's platoons infiltrate our borders, quietly blending in with visiting tourists, students, and workers. They move unnoticed… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Whenever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space. I don’t mean escaping into… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Houdini connected to people on an emotional level so that when he would escape that straight jacket it wasn't about the straight… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
There's a tap on the door then. We all exchange looks, Tommy Falk's as uncertain as the rest of ours. No one… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
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