As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy,… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
They used to pour millet on graves or poppy seeds To feed the dead who would come disguised as birds. I put… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought…I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now… — Oscar de la Renta Copy Share Image
When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down… — Livy Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Go along, go along quickly, and set all you have on the table for us. We don't want doughnuts, honey buns, poppy… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Once in the dream of a night I stood Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like… — Sarojini Naidu Copy Share Image
I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mrs Darley, I noticed, always had her corn dolly amidst an arrangement of cornflowers and poppies (albeit they were artificial!). The corn,… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
Dancing? You, Poppy?" Marianne shook her head slowly. I never thought..." Rose looked concerned. She even felt Poppy's head for fever, but… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want… — Mark Burnett Copy Share Image
She [Pansy] pushed in next to Poppy so that she could see him around the guard's elbow. She was as tall as… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
I'm so bad at lyrics. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes, the song can restrict your lyrics - if you're trying… — Chaz Bundick Copy Share Image
I believe there is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. We can see it sparkle in a sunflower or… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from… — Francis Thompson Copy Share Image
The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Shaking herself, Petunia looked around. Several of her sisters had been talking to her, but she hadn't heard them. "And that answers… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
Do you know what a balance wheel is?” She shook her head slightly. “There’s one in every clock or watch. It rotates… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
Every step you take, a million doors open in front of you like poppies; your next step closes them, and another million… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks,… — John McCrae Copy Share Image
“People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you’d still say it wasn’t enough time.”… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I think you can hear, when you listen to someone's music, whether or not they're enjoying making it - it's so great… — Grimes Copy Share Image
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I humbly thank the gods benign, For all the blessings that are mine... The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads… — Robert Loveman Copy Share Image
[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
An album for me as a teenager in the '70s was a fully formed concept. It was a body of work from… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,… — John Keats Copy Share Image