You said 'God is cruel' the way a person who's lived his whole life on Tahiti might say 'Snow is cold'. You… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Right now I am preparing for another art exhibit in November in Palm Desert. — Dwayne Hickman Copy Share Image
I want to give you something.” He slid the ring off his finger. “Up until this week, I’ve never wanted anything more… — Scott Speer Copy Share Image
Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I’d often disputed. But it… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Enjoyment, on the other hand, is not always pleasant, and it can be very stressful at times. A mountain climber, for example,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Those who possess that treasure which no thief can take away, Which, though on suppliants freely spent, increaseth day by day, The… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
What about your freedom?" he whispered in her ear over a minute later, bracing his hands palms down on the wall beside… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Luckily for you," he said, "you shed hairpins the way Hansel and Gretel shed crumbs. I followed your trail." He pressed a… — Caroline Stevermer Copy Share Image
Having taken on the care of foster children, a mother forced her own daughter to beat them. According to her later account:… — Julie Gregory Copy Share Image
I know of one semibarbarous zone whose librarians repudiate the "vain and superstitious habit" of trying to find sense in books, equating… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Then he knew that they had rounded the cape of good hope, and he took her large, soft hand again and covered… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Have you ever been anyone's?" I ask, a feathery whisper in the quiet bedroom. He lifts his head to mine, and I… — Katy Evans Copy Share Image
Day after day I read Freud, thinking myself to be very enlightened and scientific when, as a matter of fact, I was… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders curving around her as if… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
As we forge deeper into this issue of forgiveness, we must be prepared to open up and discuss things that bother us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house? The shades of the prison-house closed round about… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
