Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
Luck took me right out of myself - I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I pay attention to what's going on around me. I'm always looking for new energy, new talent, new voices. When you do… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Photography makes one conscious of beauty everywhere, even in the simplest things, even in what is often considered commonplace or ugly. Yet… — Alvin Langdon Coburn Copy Share Image
It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Keep pace with the times. . . . Find new and surprising ways to teach girls how to develop every gift and… — Elmina Shepard Taylor Copy Share Image
There also exists another alliance - at first glance a strange one, a surprising one - but if you think about it,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually… — William James Copy Share Image
I am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise. — Richard Watson Gilder Copy Share Image
it is a surprising thing that the largest city in the world should have a population as gentle and pleasant and intimate… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What has happened to Africa is very severe. We are talking about the collapse of this and the collapse of that, of… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories… — Ken Marino Copy Share Image
When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them. — William Osler Copy Share Image
I've recommended girls for jobs that I had a different part in, and agents have been like, "No, don't ..."It's so surprising… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
Being a typical Briton, I love my home comforts and always try and find an English pub where I can tuck into… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
I'm a person who's been in a long-term relationship. It's not surprising that a lot of my friends - whether they're in… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Elena?" "Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising. — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've been reading Peter Straub since I was a teenager, and his work is hardwired into my brain. A Dark Matter contains… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Japan lives with drastic segregation between the sublime, the ugly, and the utterly without qualities. Dominance of the last 2 categories makes… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
