Do not to let your feelings (very natural and usual ones) of momentary irritation and discomfort be seen by others don't (as… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
We had a great lunch. Senator Capper paid for it. The Republican pays, as usual. And everything that the Democrats are doin'… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who'd love me. And then I… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for… — Xosha Roquemore Copy Share Image
But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room,… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
In that way the long-awaited visit, for which both had prepared questions and had even anticipated answers, was once more the usual… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Friedman stumbled in, late to the seminar as usual and reeking of cigar smoke and whiskey. He hadn't read the paper being… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
There is this inherent human instinct that the usual way you control trolling is you force people to use their real identities.… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
[Regarding] the soul, I'm a little wary of any discourse on that topic that pretends to have an answer, so I tend… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?” asks Caesar. Haymitch shrugs. “I… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I played at the Sainte Maxime Beach Soccer Tournament, which was brilliant fun as usual. — David Ginola Copy Share Image
What's happening is the language. Not only in the usual sense of being interesting (which it is), but in the new sense… — Ron Silliman Copy Share Image
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and prejudices, we tend to become… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
To be ordinary is not a choice: It is the usual freedom of men without visions. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image