What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“Poor things, she thought - do they have to spend all this energy just to surround me? It seemed pitiful that these… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Second: them poor things well out o' this, and never no more will I interfere with Mrs. Cruncher's flopping, never no more!"… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy War, and the orators who talk so much about… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
“Jesus,” Kiernan said as he stepped from the Bronco and a gust of frigid wind lifted his hair. “I think my testicles… — Diana Copland Copy Share Image
“The bonds of family can be wonderful but there is a time to know when to stand apart." She held out a… — Josie Litton Copy Share Image
“A fresh dream-fresh happiness! A fresh rush of delicate, voluptuous poison! What is real life to him ! To his corrupted eyes… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
My father taught me to play the sitar when I was seven years old. He and his elder disciples oversaw my teaching… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
“I tell you, troubles are poor things to hug. They've got to many pickers.” — Eleanor H. Porter Copy Share Image
“The rights of man are poor things beside the eyes of hungry children. Their hurts are keener than the soreness of injustice.” — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said-and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“I saw what he was afraid of doing and I had sympathy, for however hard we fought, we must be beaten by… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“Then welcome, you poor things! I'm so gald you're here! I never get to talk to anyone except when I'm working, and… — E.D. Baker Copy Share Image
