The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage.

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a standerby can judge of.

Jane Austen

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

David Byrne

My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

Edmond Rostand

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

Ramsey Clark

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr.

And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down

Edwin Markham

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.

Chris Crutcher

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Oscar Wilde

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Franz Kafka

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

George Washington Carver

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.

Josh Lucas

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

John Greenleaf Whittier