“The signal danger of life in a godless society is that it lacks reminders of the transcendent and therefore leaves us unprepared… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Between them all the poor little Rabbit was made to feel himself very insignificant and commonplace, and the only person who was… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“And if we had learned anything from this story it was to be cautious of paper--to be mindful of its fragile construction… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
“He said, " You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or… — Margery Williams Copy Share Image
“Phew!” he said, all the pieces apparently gathered in his open hand. “No sharp edges at least. It looks like I just… — Jason Parent Copy Share Image
“In all such local tragedies time works like a damp brush on water color. The sharp edges blur, the ache goes out… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“As she craned her neck further she finally saw his face. She knew her mouth must have been gaping open like a… — Ashlee Nicole Bye Copy Share Image
“The university is well structured, well tooled, to turn out people with all the sharp edges worn off, the well-rounded person. The… — Mario Savio Copy Share Image
“They’re like the opposites poles of my personality. Mild-mannered, responsible Reese is who I used to be, while in-your-face Olivia’s who I… — Kirsten Hubbard Copy Share Image
“We’re like broken glass, aren’t we? Both of us tiptoeing around our sharp edges trying not to cut each other.” — Christine Zolendz Copy Share Image
Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village-the modern wolves were the offspring of ancestors… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Most adults assume that the feelings of adolescence don't count, somehow, and that those searing passions of rage and hate and embarrassment… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“Do you know how a pearl comes to be?" "Oysters make them, from a bit of sand." "Aiyah. From a bit of… — C.L. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Just gaze awhile on everyone, You cannot find the fanning wings, The soft and rosy pleasures; Destiny plays! This is destiny. A… — Ekamdeep Singh Copy Share Image
Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“She’s all sharp edges, you know that going in, but you keep catching your fingers on her corners and it’s bleeding you… — Kara Allen Copy Share Image
“I tried to fix her but should have remembered the number one rule about fixing broken people: you always get stuck with… — Charity Ferrell Copy Share Image
“She'd started handcuffed, armed with a paper clip. Now she had a ten-inch strip of metal with sharp edges, handcuffs, and a… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“He's like the desert itself: it's so beautiful, it's so warm, but there are sharp edges everywhere that you have to watch… — Kathleen Glasgow Copy Share Image
“The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat… — Margery Williams Bianco Copy Share Image
“I am still not good enough. I am still not whole enough. I am still not pure enough. I am still weakness… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, under the star-speckled… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Keep thinking back about what Mum said about being real and the Velveteen Rabbit book (though frankly have had enough trouble with… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“Just as the ocean wears away the rocks and bends the contour of the shoreline to it's will, so it washes over… — Frank Mulville Copy Share Image
