But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
There is something about the Himalayas not possessed by the Alps, something unseen and unknown, a charm that pervades every hour spent… — Frank Smythe Copy Share Image
“The trick is to maintain a kind of naïve amazement at each instant of experience - but, as Montaigne learned, one of… — Sarah Bakewell Copy Share Image
“What would you do if you saw something nobody else could see?” The tape gun fell out of Luke’s hand, and hit… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special. — Ruth Asawa Copy Share Image
She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life. — Eric Rohmer Copy Share Image
“Great men and women are not extraordinary people who do extraordinary things. They are ordinary people who do ordinary things with integrity.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
The art of being happy lies on the power of finding happiness in ordinary things. Life doesn't force us to be the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The very thought of you and I forget to do the little ordinary things that everyone ought to do…” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He was in a state of wonder most of the time, the way a young boy is--engaged by the most ordinary things… — Josephine Humphreys Copy Share Image
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a… — Balthus Copy Share Image
“That's the curious thing about love, isn't it? It makes very ordinary things seem special. It makes them seem so much more… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things. — Veronique Vienne Copy Share Image
“But Sarah, my dear, don’t wish for excitement. Interesting doesn’t always mean good. Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“We can not all love in the same way - for the feeling would be called ordinariness instead. And of that, the… — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Texting and phone calls, fireworks, blends, café au lait, and music. Yesterday's television. Work and beer. The neighbor's dog, or those strange… — Tomoko Yamashita Copy Share Image
“Logan stopped and gazed skyward as the kite began to soar above them, and when he clapped his hands at Ben's obvious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary… — William John Wills Copy Share Image
You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Clary, you're an artist, like your mother. That means you see the world in ways that other people don't. It's your gift,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
“Whatever the internal mechanism that moderated the human capacity for joy, mine had long been broken beyond repair. And I knew this… — Alexis Hall Copy Share Image
I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life he was unable to think of himself as existing the next day. There would be… — L.P. Hartley Copy Share Image
Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“The world tends to recognize the unique and the loud, the rich and the self-serving, not those who do ordinary things extraordinarily… — Vicki Myron Copy Share Image
My ideas often come from strong mental images. When I'm observing some relatively ordinary thing, I'll think, "What if…" and out of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doin them with the right people.(Elizabeth Green)” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
