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Within the mystery of life there is the infinite darkness of the night sky lit by distant orbs of fire, the cobbled skin of an… — Jack Kornfield
Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it. — C.S. Lewis
She gathers my half of the blankets around her and curls up against the wall. She will sleep for hours more, dreaming endless landscapes and… — Isaac Marion
What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the… — Diane Arbus
Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words — Elizabeth Gaskell
There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else do you believe… — Italo Calvino
...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad… — Nick Hornby
...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked his… — Barry Lyga
Our view of man will remain superficial so long as we fail to go back to that origin [of silence], so long as we fail… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
What does it feel like to be infected?" "I-- I can't describe it." I force the words out. Can't breathe, can't breathe, can't breathe. His… — Lauren Oliver
What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since everyone hath every one, one shade, And you,… — William Shakespeare
There was no word in the dictionary adequate to describe the sensation other than sensational. — Rachel Cohn
Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the… — Nick Harkaway
I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling… — Cate Tiernan
Trying to describe my life and feelings to you is like trying to describe coulours to the blind, or music to the deaf. It's simply… — Tabitha Suzuma
We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery… — Cassandra Clare
In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown,… — Saul Bellow
No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and… — Rick Riordan
Our language needs endless synonyms for beautiful; the eyes could see what the tongue cannot possibly describe. — Anne Rice
This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them. — Jodi Picoult
Oh, you can't describe someone you're in love with! — Tennessee Williams
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction… — C.S. Lewis
There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe… — David Foster Wallace
When we try to describe the truth with words, we distort it and it's no longer truth--it's our story. The story may be true for… — Miguel Angel Ruiz

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