California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension; in which the… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with… — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
We raise our children, especially girls, to ignore their spontaneious reactions-we teach them not to rock the societal boat...By the time she… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
The people who invented the twenty-first century were pot-smoking, sandal-wearing hippies from the West Coast like Steve, because they saw differently,” he… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Yet we are constantly annoyed, and the legislatures are kept constantly busy, by the people who have made up their minds that… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of -- heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The memories which peaceful country scenes call up, are not of this world, nor of its thoughts and hopes. Their gentle influence… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind the early autumn if you came home today I'd tell you how much I miss you and know I'd… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Lure him out. Send in a 'customer' with a message from me needing to meet him. I'm not the kind of person… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the harmony we desire. As we raise our level… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
I basically live for the game. You constantly have to train yourself and take care of your well-being - your mind and… — James Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Sometimes your head is telling you to use common sense but your heart is telling you to go with what you feel.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“This is my prayer to thee, my lord - strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove that their minds are not in a healthy state; for, like the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair.… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
With each divine impulse the mind rends the thin rinds of the visible and finite, and comes out into eternity, and inspires… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
And just when I thought the pain had dulled, my mind would betray me and bring Dad back to life in my… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The nation in arms is virtually a communist state: the people must be paid wages and fed and protected and regimented behind… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“He reflected deeply, until this feeling completely overwhelmed him and he reached a point where he recognized causes; for to recognize causes,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Every man and woman he saw, even at a distance, gave him a twist of panic. But he had already grown used… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
LSD, wisely used by professionals, could reprogram enough nervous systems to accelerate consciousness and intelligence before we laid ourselves and our planet… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A filmmaker chooses an actress keeping the best interest of the film in mind. If he doesn't cast you, it doesn't mean… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching… — Maria von Trapp Copy Share Image
We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon… — Robert Morrison MacIver Copy Share Image
When we were shooting the movie, and of course in the editing room we had to make choices, but the shots fall… — Philip Morrison Copy Share Image
Belief is in ignorance. If you know, you know. And it is good that if you don’t know, know that you don’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Do you believe in luck, Ludlow?" I had thought about this more than once in my life. "I believe some poeple are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If someone considers the prophetic writings with all the diligence and reverence they are worth, while he reads and examines with great… — Origen Copy Share Image
He suddenly became convinced that if he didn’t do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
