Every lecture should state one main point and repeat it over and over, like a theme with variations. An audience is like… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image
“Yes, faith is like being born again. But it is also not like being born again. Unlike the newborn infant, the new… — Addie Zierman Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, we had our own Joads--ill clothed and beleaguered, trudging along the alleyways past the oil drum fires, past the shanties and… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Chesky was moving slowly, but at the same time, he was frustrated that his imagined success wasn’t arriving quickly enough. “Every day… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Eliza sitting naked on a pink towel. So beautiful I could die. Concentrating, all focused in on her sketchbook, but aw, god… — Charles Burns Copy Share Image
“He started moving slowly towards me, with each and every step my heart was pounding and my mind was asking, ‘What will… — Delicious David Copy Share Image
“It almost seems un-American, at times, to have kids who are slow to warm up. Other people tell us to push them—to… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
“Hauling in a quick breath, she held it, stretched upward, shut her eyes, and fleetingly touched her lips to his. They were… — Stephanie Laurens Copy Share Image
“She was moving slowly, appearing to come no closer. Perhaps she was losing ground against the earth's rotation.” — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“You’re not gonna believe what just happened to me,” Jase says the minute I flip my cell open, taking advantage of break… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
In the 1880s, women were decades away from earning the right to vote. Few owned property - if they were even permitted… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
“Paying attention is more important to reliability than moving slowly. Because he pays close attention, a Navy pilot can land a 40,000… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Look!" Hawkeye said. Duke looked where Hawkeye was pointing. In one corner, kneeling on the dirt floor with his elbows on his… — Richard Hooker Copy Share Image
“About midnight excited hails were heard from a boat about a couple of miles out at sea to the southeast of Sidmouth,… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“I wanted to say a certain thing to a certain man, a certain true thing that had crept into my head. I… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“[P]eople only make decisions based on what they know. You can have everyone in the country vote freely and democratically and still… — Tracy Hickman Copy Share Image
“Welsh Incident 'But that was nothing to what things came out From the sea-caves of Criccieth yonder.' What were they? Mermaids? dragons?… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
My mother and I were like two continents moving slowly but inexorably apart; my father, the bridge builder, constantly extending the fragile… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
But they love each other," Clary said, appalled. "Isn't that what love means? That you're supposed to be there for the other… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“It’s really important that you don’t think,” Zack murmured, his lips moving slowly, seductively. “If you truly want to be impulsive, you… — Monica Alexander Copy Share Image
“It was an innocent enough activity, after all; like looking at the sky, perhaps, when the sun was going down and had… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
