Fiction shows us the past as well as the present moment in mortal light; it is an art served by the indelibility… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his… — David Hume Copy Share Image
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Get your hand off me,” I exclaimed, voice loud with misplaced anger as I yanked away from his grip. “I’m a professional,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I've been baking bread and looking after the baby...Everyone else who has asked me that question over the last few years says.… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
A bonus, being a writer, is that the true-life source material is fabulously bizarre. There's so much corruption, violence and free-floating depravity… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
You have to believe in yourself. You have to believe there's a reason you're trying to pursue the highest levels you can… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
We must break out of this mindset in Australia that we are a small nation on the other side of the world… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
According to The Washington Post, the NSA has been monitoring phone calls and emails of people in Mexico. So apparently it's not… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sway says you’ve been taking really good care of him for me. (Claria) Well, his mom did a great job housebreaking him,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Parents who expect change in themselves as well as in their children, who accept it and find in it the joy as… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
Ezra Pound still lives in a village and his world is a kind of village and people keep explaining things when they… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Well, I have an idea, usually a visual image of some sort. A setting. A particular, I don't know, urban scene, a… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Well, what I will tell you is the support from the world - it's not just an African-American citizen. There are people… — Sharon Cooper Copy Share Image
Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as you remain… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
