Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
memory is both the curse of grief and the eventual talisman against it; what at first seems unbearable becomes the succor that… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
A classic is the term given to any book which comes to represent the whole universe, a book on a par with… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Woman dwell always in the palace of unpalatable truth and never by any chance is there a magic talisman to save them… — William McFee Copy Share Image
In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each… — Emily Rodda Copy Share Image
There is nothing for her beyond those gates," Gavriel said. "Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The Cross is a gibbet - rather an odd thing to make use of as a talisman against bad luck, if that… — Denis Johnston Copy Share Image
The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Those who believe they can't repel the positive; they use the negative side of their talisman. Those who believe they can repel… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal;… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
We are not to make the Torah into God Himself, nor the Bible into a "paper pope." The Bible is only the… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
It was actually books that started to make those pockets of freedom, which I hadn't otherwise experienced. I do see them as… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Talismans are reminders of what is felt but not seen, what is so, but not immediately obvious.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The essay form has superceded the novel as the vehicle that best suggests the prevailing apocalyptic gestalt, and as the talisman that… — Adam Parfrey Copy Share Image
He had divested himself of the little cloaked godlet and his other amulets in a place where they would not be found… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Your mind is your invisible talisman. The letters PMA (positive mental attitude) are emblazoned on one side, and NMA (negative mental attitude)… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The plants that produce visions can function- for those of us who have inherited the New World Order of barren materialism, cut… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Too often, in novels that are speculative, God is a kind of kryptonite, and that's about all that it is, and it… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
“Now try these Drivetime talismans on for size: organized chaos … wild discipline … reverent blasphemy … self-effacing grandiosity … fanatic moderation … selfish gifts … twisted calm … garish elegance … insane poise … ironic sincerity … blasphemous prayers … orgiastic lucidity … aggressive sensitivity … convoluted… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
...the Bible itself is less read than preached, less interpreted than brandished. Increasingly, pastors may drape a limply bound Book over the… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman:… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
It is to labor, and to labor only, that man owes everything possessed of exchangeable value. Labor is the talisman that has… — John Ramsay McCulloch Copy Share Image
“A cricketer who hits a century in one match may score zero in the next, if he does not have the same… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
We made love. How pedestrian the words look-trite, worn, practically featureless with use-but how can one better describe that which happens when… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
All the fairy tales of Aladdin, or the invisible Gyges, or the talisman that opens kings' palaces, or the enchanted halls underground… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All art that is not mere storytelling, or mere portraiture, is symbolic, and has the purpose of those symbolic talismans which medieval… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The Cabal is of two kinds, theoretical and practical, with the practical Cabala, which is engaged in the construction of talismans and… — Albert Mackey Copy Share Image
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
