My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young,… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
Surely there had been no figure leaning on the back of his chair; no face looking over it. It is certain that… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I was in the fashion shows in Milan; I was seventeen, I was doing like 100 shows. People were asking, 'How does… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
What's in the cave, Russell?' Madigan asked with heavy sarcasm. I shrugged. 'Rocks. Lots of 'em.' 'Don't patronize me.' His voice lowered… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
True myths may serve for thousands of years as an inexhaustible source of intellectual speculation, religious joy, ethical inquiry, and artistic renewal.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I would like to thank those who spoke boldly against the 'gay marriage float' in the 2014 Rose Parade. Apparently, that vigorous… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
Education is fantastic. In my case I had to split my university course so it took a few more years. I really… — Liam Tancock Copy Share Image
Oxford, in those days, was still a city of aquatint. In her spacious and quiet streets men walked and spoke as they… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other.… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Endless longing; a face you'd known since childhood, since birth almost; a body that moved as though it were your own. These… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
casino owners spoke more loudly than any of the other kings of industry to defend their contribution to society. They could speak… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
During the terrible years of the Yekhov terror I spent seventeen months in the prison queues in Leningrad. One day someone ‘identified’… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the… — Venerable Bede Copy Share Image
In the circle where I was raised, I knew of no one knowledgeable in the visual arts, no one who regularly attended… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
He looked down at his empty glass. "One of the other ways in which I am different from my father," he said.… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a system to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
She stood before him and surrendered herself to him and sky, forest, and brook all came toward him in new and resplendent… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think my ideal man would speak many languages. He would speak Ibo and Yoruba and English and French and all of… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I'd go somewhere where no one spoke. I would take a stack of books up to my hips, and I'd read nonstop.… — Linda Hamilton Copy Share Image
Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever… — Eric West Copy Share Image
Andy [Griffith] and I spoke on the phone not too long before he died. I told him I loved him and he… — Betty Lynn Copy Share Image
And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image