I watched the coral reefs that I studied as a student vanish in the blink of an eye, and for decades I… — Nancy Knowlton Copy Share Image
I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
A certain ultra-dignified gentleman of unusual prominence carried himself so stiffly that nobody felt free to call him by his first name.… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
…a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I spoke it soft, but close enough to brush against her lips. I spoke it quiet, but near enough so that the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
This house sheltered us, we spoke, we loved within those walls. That was yesterday. To-day we pass on, we see it no… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure.… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"?… — L. P. Jacks Copy Share Image
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
I wonder how it is we have come to this place in our society where art and nature are spoke in terms… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
In the question of peace, people spoke up and demonstrated for peace and against the threat of war, the threat of atomic… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed, with careless… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain in the livingroom was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It might be harder for us to charge a higher interest rate, like they do, so it might not be as profitable… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
It doesn't eat meat." I said. "It's a herbivore. It's like a big cow." Denna looked at me and started to laugh.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I did a lot of reading of first person accounts from Koreans and combatants and aid workers. And I spoke to relatives.… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Greek mathematics is the real thing. The Greeks first spoke a language which modern mathematicians can understand... So Greek mathematics is 'permanent',… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst; But Kate, the prettiest… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
