There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.

Cynthia Rowley

Give light and people will find their own way.

Source Unknown

At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it.

Rebecca Wells

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Samuel Butler

I don't want to lose you.' His voice almost a whisper. Seeing his haggard expression, she took his hand and squeezed it, then reluctantly let it go. She could feel the tears again, and she fought them back. 'But you don't want to keep me, either, do you?' To that, he had no response.

Nicholas Sparks

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

Helen Keller

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.

Jon English

My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight,' although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups.

Melissa Rosenberg

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

Earl Nightingale

It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.

Ian Mcewan

But find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That's the uniqueness of all of us. That's it.

Al Lewis

In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.

Suze Orman