“Why do you weep, child? We of the Floating World live only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot; Bronze clarions awake, and faintly bruit, Where long ago a… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
There are a few 'Raw Shark Texts' tattoos floating around the Internet now, so I'm gathering them up to post on my… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
Many genetically "altered" fish escape from the confines of the crowded floating concentration camps to mingle and mate with their wild fish… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
God was someone I wound up turning over and over in my mind each night... Was He punishing me with this meal… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
People who have a creative side and do not live it out are most disagreeable clients. They make a mountain out of… — Marie-Louise von Franz Copy Share Image
I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The lesson for Asia is; if you have a central bank, have a floating exchange rate; if you want to have a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've tried crowd surfing but the radiating light that surrounds me kept sending me floating into the heavens. Goddamn I'm beautiful — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
“Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song].… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. The… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
And it occurs to me that if I were aboard a rowboat floating in the middle of all the beer I've drunk… — Al Purdy Copy Share Image
I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many… — Fred Shuttlesworth Copy Share Image
