Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue? — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Noah heeded God’s command to build an ark…that they might be saved from the floodwaters. Yet there was no evidence of rain… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
In the large sense the primary cause of the Great Depression was the war of 1914-1918. Without the war there would have… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
If I had Aladdin's lamp and the usual three wishes, the first would always be, 'Give me the first day of June. — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were his first Portuguese words in the real world and they worked. That words… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
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Beneath her cheek, his heart was thumping steadily. Definitely faster than his usual near-hibernation beat. Lifting her head, she flashed him a… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Ever since ROME, OPEN CITY, I have maintained a conscious, determined endeavor to try to understand the world in which I live,… — Roberto Rossellini Copy Share Image
I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy...walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
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A direful death indeed they had That would put any parent mad But she was more than usual calm She did not… — Marjorie Fleming Copy Share Image
He had extracted himself from the Cambridge one-way system by the usual method, which involved going round and round it faster and… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
My usual day is I get up around 11 o'clock and do yoga and then eat afterwards. Then I have sound check… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Faith can cut in so many ways. If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Everybody has weird dreams, but a usual weird dream is, okay, so your mom's driving a car and she's a dog. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image