One likes to think there's something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I've learned one thing in my… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
'We Were the Mulvaneys' is perhaps the novel closest to my heart. I think of it as a valentine to a passing… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Each acoustic guitar has its own character and personality. On a particular day, I might pick one up and start noodling around,… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
The real difference between God and human beings is that God cannot stand continence. No sooner has he created a season of… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
. . . This is the high destiny of the sons of God, they who overcome, who are obedient to His commandments,… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
I love the women's movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me. — Fay Godwin Copy Share Image
Dublin ... is not only the capital of a nation, but the capital of an idea. The idea of Irishness is not… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders… — Shahad Ameen Copy Share Image
Capricornia there is a particular regional particularity and that is the Adani mine. We know that Adani, the massive Indian coal company,… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
What drives me is a sense of urgency. We live in frightening times. Progress towards gender equality and vital battles to end… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon. Being a Republican, I'm backing… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Having the reality of God's presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“I at least have so much to do in unravelling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The list of things about which we strictly have to be agnostic doesn't stop at tooth fairies and celestial teapots. It is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough… — Major Taylor Copy Share Image
If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings because people have cheated me. In particular, just today I found...… — Artemisia Gentileschi Copy Share Image
