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The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.
I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous.
That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.
And if ye angler take fysshe; surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte.
A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.
You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.
She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.
I'm having so much trouble with writing. Maybe if I help other people, it'll be easier for me.
Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.
Most of us are only willing to call 5% of our present information into question any one point.
In my human-rights work, perhaps the most important thing is gaining the trust of the victims.
Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.
A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.
You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?
Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.
[Ayres] was our city because we were building it. That's how I felt when I walked around town.
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
Abstinence is a window of clarity through which one can better find one's work and one's mate.
We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.
Who would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.
Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help.
Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how.
I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.
I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people.
Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.
Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life.
If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won't need to discipline you.
If everybody minded their own business... the world would go round a deal faster than it does.
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.
Who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?
Do you think they missed him terribly when he fell? Did God cry over his lost angel, I wonder?
We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic.
Just live! Live now! Don't wait, and don't let anyone tell you that you're a work in progress.
[On children:] Being built closer to the floor, they can dust the baseboards in half the time.
How beautiful are dreams! In dreams the dead may live, even the long dead and the very silent.
Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good
If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.
I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?
The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.
With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin.
intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none.
Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.
Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.
He hadn't realized yet that Gansey could persuade even the sun to pause and give him the time.
A bullfighter must have courage, skill, and grace. And of these courage is the most important.