The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme; he sees no rafter, not even a cobweb, against the heavens. It… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I’m not the kind of man to woo anyone. I can make her scream my name to the rafters, isn’t that enough… — Amelia Hutchins Copy Share Image
Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I was on my way to becoming a Hall of Famer and having my name in the rafters, but three surgeries in… — Gilbert Arenas Copy Share Image
July 24, 6:03 A.M. The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the… — Hoagy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is somethingit can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Instead of feeling like there's two or three of us in this town of hostile crackers, I'm in a big church filled… — Stanley Nelson Jr Copy Share Image
“It wasn't like the spare rooms of immigrants––packed to the rafters with all that they have ever possessed, no matter how defective… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Juliana?” the words were low and far—too calm for her husband, who had found that he rather enjoyed the full spectrum of… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
And when it has got in; as one not finding what it seeks, whatever that may be, it wails and howls to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong? you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Many of the artifacts of my house had become potential devices for my own destruction: the attic rafters (and an outside maple… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Safety is an illusion, Costis. A Thief might fall at any time, and eventually the day must come when the god will… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church, fire burned… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews Not to be born is the best for man The second best… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday… — Scottie Pippen Copy Share Image
It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the… — Scottie Pippen Copy Share Image
And while Luce dreamed below of the most glorious wings unfurling-the likes of which she'd never seen before-two angels in the rafters… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The press box at Wrigley Field in Chicago is an extended narrow shed, two rows deep, that is precariously bolted to the… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
Of course, it may be that the arts of writing and photography are antithetical. The hope and aim of a word-handler is… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
