The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
No nation has produced anything like his equal. There is no quality in the human mind, there is no class of topics,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sometime during the mid-50s I said, 'I am an artist.' Before that, for many years, I had said, 'I'm going to be… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
I'm here," she said, skidding to a stop. "Can we go now?" Sebastian insisted on helping her on with the coat. "I… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Mine ain't a selfish affection, you know," said Mr. Toots, in the confidence engendered by his having been a witness of the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Not according to this," Jazz said, taking the report. "No evidence of sexual activity or anything like it." "Well, there's that," Howie… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamlet, you would be… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow. Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael, I mean." "That sounds like something he would do," said Luke.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“The Earth is the only world known so far to harbour life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
It was dark in the alcove, so dark that Jace was only an outline of shadows and gold. His body pinned Clary's… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Kisten, please don't leave me," I begged, and his eyes opened. "I'm cold," he said, fear rising in his blue eyes. I… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Your father is the first person to tell me that I am lovely who seemed to mean it. The only people who've… — E.D. Baker Copy Share Image
I think my moment of revelation came when I saw this young man come on court in the most flamboyant clothes. He… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Everybody has questioned my heart, questioned my training ethics, this and that, but I never did something as cowardly as to take… — B.J. Penn Copy Share Image
Lend sat up,craning his neck to see down my shirt,which I hurriedly pushed back into place. Last time I checked, you couldn't… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
Well, the United States has said that the disarmament of Iraq is the top priority, but we have also noted that there… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
The most important thing, my father told me, which I have never forgotten, and which I have often put unto practice was:… — Christopher Vokes Copy Share Image
I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A poet has to adapt himself, more or less consciously,to the demands of his vocation, and hence the peculiarities of poets and… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
You've sort of made up for it tonight,' said Harry. 'Getting the sword. Finishing off the Horcux. Saving my life.' 'That makes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, I'll trust you," the boy told him carelessly. "It hardly matters. We are all betrayed sooner or later—all betrayed, or traitors."… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
My sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed--though ignoring them will… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is being inside the recording studio and I see the shadow of a figure that looks an… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
During the whole funding process they said, 'We're interested in you guys because of your management team; we think you're fantastic...' Two… — Mark Fletcher Copy Share Image
My lord," catherine asked,her eyes wide, "do you think that has anything to do with the Ramsay curse?" "Actually, that hadn't occurred… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
President [John F.] Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs, said to Turner Catledge of The New York Times: I wish you had… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image