The women that I picked spoke sweet and low And yet gave tongue. "Hound voices" were they all. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Someone handed me Mexico City Blues in St. Paul [Minnesota] in 1959 and it blew my mind. It was the first poetry… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
For a while I felt like I spoke a different language than my immediate family. It wasn't until my teens that I… — E.J. Bonilla Copy Share Image
She stepped closer to one of the statues. It looked wide-eyed, almost afraid as she reached out her hand. One of the… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
I admit that I do not recall the speeches of Comrades [Earl] Browder and [Samuel] Darcy. I do not even recall of… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
[Dennis Mathis] was very sensitive about keeping the unique way that I spoke English - it had a lot of Mexicanisms or… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The girl was lighter without her heart. She danced barefoot on the hot roads, and her feet were not cut by the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
You are challenged to avoid mediocrity, acquire knowledge from the sages of antiquity, the achievements of the scientific present, and the prophets… — John H. Vandenberg Copy Share Image
In Seoul, Korea one night I spoke to about 1.3 million people and over a million of them indicated salvation decisions. They… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
The NYPD was ubiquitous. They were always around Malcolm X. Whenever Malcolm spoke, there would be one or two dozen cops all… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
My playing had called to another human being at last. Surely, she could be no other than my own true love. Slowly,… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
They spoke truth and a lot of people listened.... that voice, Kurt we miss you. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Jesus spoke to those who had turned their backs on history. He spoke to those who had blatantly ignored sign after sign,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obeyed,… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Did you see that dress?” "I saw the dress.” "Did you like it?” He didn't answer. I took that as a yes.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said. "It would look stunning, My Lady," she called. She spoke to the… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image