I thought that, when I came to New York, that I would have a very life here for three months or three… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
... there are four women in every man’s heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
People can think what they want to think, I don't go after people. I think most people I talk to, like me,… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
Nearly unable to bear the thought of how much he needed her quiet strength, he closed his eyes and leaned his forehead… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
People give themselves to you, in their talking, and in other ways, if you are quiet and patient and let them, and… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I know when we were really little, my mom would say to me, "If you can, the first thing you do when… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
He [the Lord] will always hear your prayers and will invariably answer them. However, His answers will seldom come while you are… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
But you don't do it. Because guys like us, Red, we know there's a third choice. An alternative to staying simon-pure or… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to… — Joyce DiDonato Copy Share Image
So much of the trouble is because I am a woman. To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part… — John Graves Copy Share Image
In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street. — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
“When I say a clever thing to people they look startled and uncomfortable. I should just like to be quiet for years… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
With a rasping cough, the vampire shakes its head. "It was you who called us. All of you, with your war. The… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
If you're making a horror film, it's very important that you have lots of quiet, suspensey, don't-know-what's-happening stuff before you get the… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image
“Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
The answers to our prayers may not come dramatically, but we must find quiet moments to seek greater light and truth. And… — Cheryl A. Esplin Copy Share Image
Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living -… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted… — John Ray Copy Share Image
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I like to exercise, going to the gym. Reading a book. Anything quiet, I like. Just being outdoors as much as possible,… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
I couldn't hear a thing in the world but you. And it was so cold then, and so silent, and I loved… — John Green Copy Share Image
Happiness is allowing yourself to be okay with what is, rather than wishing for, and bemoaning, what is not. Obviously, what is… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image