The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
He watched her retreat, his eyes lazy, and his body unmoving. A trickle of blood seeped slowly from the corner of his… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
Our job is not to retreat when times get tough. Our job is to solve the tough problems. — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
Fiction; inner thoughts of Elisha True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved Till heart with heart in concord beats,… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat. — S. D Gordon Copy Share Image
Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I want to retreat back to living off the land and just being in nature, experiencing life in the most pure, natural… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If… — Cecil Purdy Copy Share Image
Anyone who has had their heart broken learns to keep a little safety area. Even now in my relationship, I have something… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet. — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get… — Lisa Whelchel Copy Share Image
Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
From here, far away, people seem very good, and that is natural, for in going away into the country we are not… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“And then I got married and had kids and I got totally swallowed up by this ‘Mum’ persona. We were only meant… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Basically, I want to spend my time in retreat, but to my own amazement, I agreed to help with a project to… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“When all else fails, go away completely, however long feels necessary.” — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave… — Jennifer Ehle Copy Share Image