The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
That was how a Salomon bond trader thought: He forgot whatever it was that he wanted to do for a minute and… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Bathsheba! to whom none ever said scat- No worthier cat Ever sat on a mat, Or caught a rat. Requiescat! — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we… — Emile Gaboriau Copy Share Image
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I'm pretty caring, loyal and loving to those who are close to me. Two of my friends are from school, so I've… — Marc Warren Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Everything was leveled, there were no extremes of joy or sorrow any more but only habit, routine, ancient family names and rites… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run. — Joan Benoit Copy Share Image
One time, Niall sat on the floor for hours trying to find a way of putting his M&M's in alphabetical order. — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
The toughest part for me is the city - the people. They've got burgers named after me in Orlando, they've got a… — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
She tossed her towel on her dresser and turned to the bed where shed left her PJs. Only it wasn't just her… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My writer and I sat down and wrote a huge list of names of women to consider. It was really important to… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
