As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, 'Amen, Amen'. — John William Strutt Copy Share Image
A man wants to walk across the land, but the earth is covered with thorns. He has two options - one is… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Images cluttered the pages, but one tattoo set her nerves on edge; inky black eyes surrounded by wings likes shadows coalescing. Mine.… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
My life, like most people's, has been negatively affected by cancer, and the thought of my young children living in an age… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering,… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“It’s jasmine, an intoxicating single-note floral. I wave the blotter and sniff again, the memory coming to me not in bits and… — L.C. Chu Copy Share Image
Adolescents may be, almost simultaneously, overconfident and riddled with fear. They are afraid of their overpowering feelings, oflosing control, of helplessness, of… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“To some life is a complaint, to some it is a competition and to some it is a conquest.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Concocting a good guest list is like seasoning a gourmet sauce. Too many similar ingredients and it's bland. Too much variety in… — Sheila Ostrander Copy Share Image
Iman is to believe, even when an overpowering tide of evil surrounds you. — Anwar al-Awlaki Copy Share Image
“Worship,” Tozer explained, “is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here's a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts - she would… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Thomas reached out and took my hand, turned it palm up, and said, "I believe that's healing very nicely." Aunt Charlotte opened… — Caroline Stevermer Copy Share Image
Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities,… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
We knew so little about eachother. We lay mostly submerged, like ice floes with our visible social selves projecting only cool and… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
She had fallen in love with him twice. She loved him now with both loves, so overpowering it was almost unbearable. — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't mind getting typecast as long as it is not overpowering me as an actor. — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The urge at that moment to reach across and touch Willow--to link his fingers through hers as she rested her hand on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
