“Their raspy kisses brand our jam tart necks, their treacherous miasma clasps our herbal thighs. Motherlessly we surrender, too many fathers we… — Laura Gentile Copy Share Image
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“Does God know the number of kisses before we fall in love? Yesterday, I was nobody and I believed myself important. Today,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In Pope Francis's 'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), an apostolic exhortation on Catholic family life, he does not make earth-shattering doctrinal… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
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Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition. — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
Jesus went without comfort so that you might have it. He postponed joy so that you might share in it. He willingly… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
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I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin as a player. I like his enthusiasm. I know the kid has a zest… — Alexander Ovechkin Copy Share Image
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A home is a place where a pot of fresh soup simmers gently on the hob, filling the kitchen with soft aromas… — Keith Floyd Copy Share Image
I believe that beyond the arena of art, the world would be a much better place if centered around a feminine perspective.… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I very rarely laugh. I remember I used to have a joy at comedy. I remember going to see Sean Lock for… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
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HAPPINESS is delicate balance between 'What I want & What I have'. It is an inner joy that can be Sought &… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
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Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt, And night by night… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
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I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care about whose… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Both joy and sorrow serve as gauges for love: our love for others, and their love for us.” — Rob Kozak Copy Share Image
The required cheerfulness that characterizes many of our churches produces a suffocating environment of pat, religious answers to the painful, complex questions… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
There's nothing better than opening a block of chocolate and sitting back and that little joy it brings to your face and… — Adriano Zumbo Copy Share Image
“If you're going to keep the music in you, Jonah, you've got to play a little bit every day purely for pleasure.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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