Hail, high Excess especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me My skull… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
I once recommended [in a San Francisco Chronicle column] that a third arm - a plastic arm - be sewn at the… — Alan Abel Copy Share Image
Rose goblins are built like porcupines - if you rub them the right way, you don't have to worry about the spines.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Instead of replying, Alec reached down and took Magnus's hands. Magnus let Alec pull him to his feet, a questioning look in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
A woman’s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zones, nor in any general harmony that could be worked out… — John Updike Copy Share Image
'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the… — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, both read and unread, all of them dear to her… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
They watched storms out there so distant they could not be heard, the silent lightning flaring sheetwise and the thin black spine… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The shushumna is a tube. It is an astral tube, like a reed. It runs from the base of the spine to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In my schoolboy reveries, we were always two fugitives riding on the spine of a book, eager to escape into worlds of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In a way, America's the shadow of everything I do, everywhere I go, everything I carry, no matter if I travel to… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that. — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The summer breeze was blowing on your face Within your violet you treasure your summery words And as the shiver from my… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
When we got around to books, I was finally set, as our minister would say, on solid ground. I gorged on books.… — Lorene Cary Copy Share Image
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