We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You boys know what tropism is, it's what makes a plant grow toward the light. Everything aspires to the light. You don't… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
A particular rule that seems to make sense in the individual case makes no sense when it is made a universal rule… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Aw, fudge,' floated down to me, as a couple of golden eyes peered over a third-floor window ledge. 'You're a freaking dhampir.… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“Siri ya mafanikio yako ni chumba chako. Dali linasema anga ndicho kipimo cha kufikiria; Dirisha linasema utazame nje uone fursa zilizopo ulimwenguni;… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers.… — Jackie Kay Copy Share Image
I make videos which are works of art in themselves which have nothing to do with Hollywood movies or anything along those… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Part of the bigger problem with Donald Trump is, when you sit and talk to him one-on-one, he's reasonable, he comes across… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
I think if you look at any facet of nature in enough detail, you find it fascinating. How could you not? The… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Suddenly the full long wail of a ship's horn surged through the open window and flooded the dim room - a cry… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“I've since come to believe that the world is populated by multitudes of women sitting at windows, inseparable from their surroundings. I… — Regina O'Melveny Copy Share Image
The thing about aging is all your old lovers, pretty much if they were really friends, become your family. It's great. You… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I have to tell it again and again: I have no doctrine. I only point out something. I point out reality, I… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Maybe I'll start from the initial idea, what motivated me to do that. In 1953, I had access to a tape recorder.… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Night, like a giant, fills the church, from pavement to roof, and holds dominion through the silent hours. Pale dawn again comes… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves… — Bill Porter Copy Share Image
He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted children on the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The sun shines through the window And the sun shines through your hair It seems like you're beside me But I know… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
One of the heavy marble busts that lined the higher shelves had slid free and was falling toward her; she ducked out… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The idea of the Overton Window of using people on the political fringe to change the terms of acceptable debate, that's an… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The Chinese word Li may therefore be understood as organic order, as distinct from mechanical or legal order, both of which go… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
UNIX has a philosophy, it has 25 years of history behind it, and most importantly, it has a clean core. It strives… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
We Poor Cousins don’t care at all though, except for when we’re on welfare, broke, starving, unable to buy cool high-tops for… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It's like the smell of burned toast. You made the toast. You looked forward to it. You even enjoyed making it, but… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
When HSBC took the painting out of their building, they had to block the road and use a crane to bring the… — Liu Dan Copy Share Image
Mary awoke from her nightmare with a pounding heart, convinced that she had only imagined Elizabeth's cruel plot. A full moon was… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bay windows are big and beautiful and will open up a home far more than a normal window. There's more glass on… — George Clarke Copy Share Image