“I'd been awake for thirty-six hours and driving for ten. Restless weeks, sleepless nights, and the decision stole into me like a… — John Hart Copy Share Image
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
Truth is dangerous. It topples palaces and kills kings. It stirs gentle men to rage and bids them take up arms. It… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“We enjoy lovely music, beautiful paintings, a thousand intellectual delicacies, but we have no idea of their cost, to those who invented… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Have you ever wondered, Anne, in your untiring dance of seduction, whether you might not be dancing to Henry's tune instead of… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Memorizing and repeating digits loosens the hold of System 2 on behavior, but of course cognitive load is not the only cause… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Well finish your story anyway." Where was I?" The bubonic plague. The bulldozer was stalled by corpses." Oh, yes. Anyway, one sleepless… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night. I wanted to hear his… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal like a bad… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image