I was dreaming ... about my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Ack! I'm blind. Old man dick alert. Cover it up. She protested with her mouth, yet her eyes remained locked on his… — Eve Langlais Copy Share Image
I am quite a wise old bird, but I am no desert hermit who can only prophesy when his guts are knotted… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
“The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“And I'm thinking about the old man. He'll be pounding on the glass right about now... or maybe not now. Maybe in… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“My Lord... what is Death like?" called the old man tremulously. "When I have investigated it fully, I will let you know,"… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hazel is different. She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth. Hazel knows the truth: we're as likely to… — John Green Copy Share Image
“THE MEETING" "Scant rain had fallen and the summer sun Had scorched with waves of heat the ripening corn, That August nightfall,… — John Rawson Copy Share Image
“There were charming ones as well as terrible ones, that I must admit. The painter was particularly entranced by Japanese masks: warriors',… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
A poor old man held the winning ticket on a half million dollar lottery. Hearing the old man might be surprised at… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
“He died of a breaking heart," Pete said, making a stout log fence of his hands around the glove compartment and leaning… — Douglas Woolf Copy Share Image
One of my unsung heroes is Erich Mendelsohn. I met him when I was a student and he was a cranky old… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
“From his beach bag the man took an old penknife with a red handle and began to etch the signs of the… — J.M.G. Le Clézio Copy Share Image
“It’s funny, but when I talk about this business of my father and Valentina with my women friends, they’re absolutely appalled. They… — Marina Lewycka Copy Share Image
“She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harry… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“some men are chosen to be lawmen. He said we don’t have any choice in the matter…. Whether he wears a badge… — Lou Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Wonderful," he said. "Tell me. Which books in the Bible do you favor?" "Oh, I favors 'em all," Pa said. "But I… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“I have sat before the dense coal fire and watched it all aglow, full of its tormented flaming life; and I have… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
HOLLY KING is a symbol of the waning forces of Nature... The Holly King is depicted as an old man in winter… — Raven Grimassi Copy Share Image
“A terrible panic that had no name came over her as she realized that many of the sweet babies in the world… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
This is war: Boys flung into a breach Like shoveled earth; And old men, Broken, Driving rapidly before crowds of people In… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
Before I was ten I became critical of the anthropomorphic God as interpreted in the churches. I did not warm to One… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“If the Old Man said something was so, then it probably was, because he was one of these cautious babies who'll look… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
I thought we had lost you. I thought we'd done something worse than let you die.' His old arms were tight and… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“One gets glimpses, even in our country, of that which is ageless--heavy thought in the face of an infant, and frolic childhood… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is not mere chance that makes families speak of a child who is 'extraordinary for his age' and also of an… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“Jack turned red,"I kinda let a princess die." His grandfather groaned. "You do realize that's not a good thing to do, right?"… — James Riley Copy Share Image
“He looked at me like Lillian Gish coming out of a swoon. "Is this Bertie Wooster talking?" he said, pained. "Yes, it… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
My old man in the past, stuck me up without a mask. Then his cold dashed with my cash fast. Fifty G's… — Big L Copy Share Image
The old man laughed loud and joyously, shook up the details of his anatomy from head to foot, and ended by saying… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
People call me an 'old soul.' It's a nice way to say that I'm like an old man. When I was 3,… — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image
The sight of one old man kneeling on all fours in front of me assembling a picnic table was enough to put… — Michael Simkins Copy Share Image
“The old man took out an extraordinarily beautiful and elegant handkerchief and gave it to her to dry her tears. It was… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
With Wordsworth, indeed, the light of revelation did not fall upon human beings so unbrokenly as upon the face of the earth.… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
With my old man I got no respect. When he took me hunting he gave me a three minute head start. Then… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
