Why is it that we don't build human settlements that will feed themselves, and fuel themselves, and catch their own water, when… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
“Dorian Gray listened, open-eyed and wondering. The spray of lilac fell from his hand upon the gravel. A furry bee came and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Mr. Severin smiled, tiny constellations of reflected chandelier lights glinting in his eyes. "Since I've told you about my tastes... what are… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Do not become so absorbed with trivial things that you miss learning the doctrine and teachings of the Lord. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The Elephantine papyri - written as some of the books of the Bible are being written - is true social and legal… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
A noble person confers no such gift as his whole confidence: none so exalts the giver and the receiver; it produces the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Warriors of light always have a certain gleam in their eyes. They are of this world, they are part of the lives… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to become a man of letters and perhaps write some Histories one day, you must also lie and invent… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Men think women should do trivial things on the margins. They think women should be merely a seasoning for a dish. I… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
“Are you okay with what we ordered?” Angeline asked him. “You didn’t pipe up with any requests.” Neil shook his head, face… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Amazing, is it not, that in the face of death we hunger for distraction, and are wont to focus on other things,… — C.S. Friedman Copy Share Image
Women are foils to men in South Korea. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
Notes on 'Camp' talks a lot about homosexuality and androgyny and performance and a false seriousness, nit-picking the trivial things and making… — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater… — Galen Beckett Copy Share Image
We must eschew anything trivial. We must embrace all that is frivolous.... Trivial things take up all your time and dull your… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I may not be there yet, but I will get there. No matter what it takes, I will get there. I refuse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it,… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Trivial things do matter for example, more people are killed each year by the bite of mosquitoes than are stepped upon by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets. The war took care of that for me. You know,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
