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Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup — Jodi Picoult
such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe… — Louisa May Alcott
Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre. — James Patterson
The poet, however, uses these two crude, primitive, archaic forms of thought (simile and metaphor) in the most uninhibited way, because his job is not… — Northrop Frye
We tend to think of memories as monuments we once forged and may find intact beneath the weedy growth of years. But, in a real… — Diane Ackerman
The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender. — David Allen
Nothing could go wrong because nothing had...I meant "nothing would." No - Then I quit trying to phrase it, realizing that if time travel ever… — Robert A. Heinlein
Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man will… — Mahatma Gandhi
Nowadays he doesn't think of his wife, though he knows he can turn around and evoke every move of her, describe any aspect of her,… — Michael Ondaatje
I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be no return, that… — Kate Morton
Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything… — James A. Baldwin
As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the… — Sheri S. Tepper
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said,… — Kurt Vonnegut
For the most profound experiences in our lives and in the world words are worth nothing. Can you describe love Or death Can you describe… — James Frey
...Tunstell was not what one could describe as call subtle. His flaming red hair bobbed up with each pointed and articulated footstep as though he… — Gail Carriger
That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands… — Barbara Kingsolver
Later on Lady Maccon was to describe that particular day as the worst of her life. She had neither the soul nor the romanticism to… — Gail Carriger
Anya made you kiss her? Yeah. And at our next stop, I'll expect you to deliver. I'll pay, William piped up. After you describe everything… — Gena Showalter
You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe. “If I ever look… — Julia Quinn
Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In… — Dean Koontz
How those fires burned that are no longer, how the weather worsened, how the shadow of the seagull vanished without a trace. Was it the… — Mark Strand
The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-just to name it-must have been like trying to catch… — Nicole Krauss
On the other hand, she never looked as -big- as she did at that moment. "What?" Rose demanded, glaring up at him. The warning signal… — Christine Feehan
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures, in silence; and… — Ursula K. Le Guin
So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes… — John Steinbeck

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