“Lost ye way in the dark, said the old man. He stirred the fire, standing slender tusks of bone up out of… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“But unless we determine to take action,' said the old man querulously, as if struggling against something deeply insouciant in his nature,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“an old man with no destiny with our never knowing who he was, or what he was like, or even if he… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“I see Barsad, and Cly, Defarge, The Vengeance, the Juryman, the Judge, long ranks of the new oppressors who have risen on… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Part of the reason might be that I was born in 1954 and I look upon my youth with great fondness, like… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“I may be a homeless, old man, but that doesn’t make me worthless.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Liberated in Germany by the Americans, seven-year-old Valya Brekeleva and her family of slave labourers went home to Novgorod as non-persons. “Most… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
“I bought a small bottle of beer for fifteen cents and sat on a bench in the clearing, feeling like an old… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
Your bird drinks whiskey and eats tobacco?" The old man frowned."Just be lad he doesn't like eatin' scrawny boys that don't know… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
“Nearby, an old man was similarly engaged in finding the pattern of his life in the depths of his glass.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“He may wear what he likes in the future, for I shall never drive with him again. His conduct was shocking. When… — George Grossmith Copy Share Image
“When he looked back at the menu as an old man, it brought back everything; the food, the wine, the private dining… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 66). We decided to grab… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I loved the different voices all singing one song, the various tones and qualities, the passing lifts of feeling, rising up and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Really, more than anything, The 2000 Year Old Man is a huge influence on all of our comedy, but specifically the live… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
“since the Depression, we bankers have had the leisure and . . . solitude, you might say, to think about the future. The Civil War… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid,… — Burleigh Grimes Copy Share Image
Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble… — Anatole France Copy Share Image