Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Still, this whole grim reaper thing should have come with a manual. Or a diagram of some kind. A flowchart would have… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
You behold in me, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a horrible example of free thought. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Ready?" Despite the grim mood, I smiled and cracked my knuckles. "Ready to wrestle with my gorgeous boyfriend? Oh, I'd say I'm… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I like writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It's therapeutic in the same way a patient in an institution is… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leaders grim baton Arraigns it as it sings. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I think I just have an idea in my head about how big an adventure game should be, so it's hard for… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I remember sitting in his office a hundred times during those grim months and each time thinking, What on earth can he… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
I'm so happy dancing while the grim reaper cuts, cuts, cuts, but he can't get me. I'm as clever as can be,… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
One out of every six American women has so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for a… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
“Now, Shadow has never been fond of clothing, but he seemed to sense the importance of this particular imposition on his dignity,… — Heather Fawcett Copy Share Image
Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If I had done a sequel to 'Day of the Tentacle,' there probably wouldn't have been a 'Full Throttle.' If I did… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
Phoenix and Las Vegas have grim long-term prospects. On top of oil-and-gas problems, they will have terrible problems with water and the… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
