And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.
William Shakespeare
Related (Pedro:) Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best
becomes you for out o' question you we... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LEONATO Well, then, go you into hell? BEATRICE No, but to the gate; and there w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There was a star danced, and under that was I born. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Where were you born?" "On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered. "No, no. In what state wer... JOSEPH HELLER BEATRICE Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. BENEDICK Fai... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I am no king, and I am no lord, And I am no soldier at-arms," said he. "I'm none but a har... PETER S. BEAGLE You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals... RUMI With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide, And many a childing mother... ROBERT SOUTHEY Where are You Now? I was there whilst you cried, I was there to comfort you with smile, LUISA NATASHA PARKER You are my father, Incarceron. I was born from your pain. Bone of steel; circuits for vein... CATHERINE FISHER HYMN OF THE DIVINE DANDELION I am born as the sun, But then turn into the moon, SUZY KASSEM Hera: Ohh, Thalia Grace, when I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever born. Thalia: Sa... RICK RIORDAN We are Adam and Eve born out of chaos called creation Ribbing me gave you life MEGAN MCCAFFERTY Let my heiress have full rights, Live in my house, sing songs that I composed. Yet how slo... ANNA AKHMATOVA William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You t... GARETH ROBERTS The Awakening I dreamed that I was a rose That grew beside a lonely way, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Eyes and ears are two. Lungs and kidneys, too. I wonder then why we're born with one<... KAMAND KOJOURI DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You blast me open and then You stand back and watch My feeble attempts To deal wit... KATE MCGAHAN if my love were an ocean , There would be no more land. If my love were a desert , Yo... JAY ASHER If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you ... JAY ASHER The first music I ever heard was only one hundred and sixty days after I was conceived. ... KAMAND KOJOURI Why this candle? Why this cake? The day of my birth is not today. I was born KAMAND KOJOURI Each second neared our last. We danced. “Kieren . . .” “Shhh . . .” We d... CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH "Conversation" God and I in space alone . . . and nobody else in view . . . "And wh... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I am certain, my love, that poetry was born only after your birth. KAMAND KOJOURI I went to say no, but I winced as I pulled my tooth out of my lip. I was absolutely hopeless. I... KAITLIN SCOTT 6 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, and I still don’t know which month it was then or what day it... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON For Beatrice, when we first met, I was lonely, and you were pretty. Now I am pretty lonel... LEMONY SNICKET I was mistaken when I said you live in my heart. How absurd I was when you l... KAMAND KOJOURI The Children's Hour Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning t... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yel... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Last night the rain spoke to me slowly, saying, what joy to come falling MARY OLIVER And in your world, Captain Scary, that would mean? (Fang) You hit him three times and then you ... SHERRILYN KENYON I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever ... HENRY DAVID THOREAU There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say... CHARLES BUKOWSKI There was something wrong with me. The human body doesn’t want to get hurt. We’re pro... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that ... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Her close friends have gathered. Lord, ain't it a shame Grieving together Sharing the... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON If "If freckles were lovely, and day was night, And measles were nice and a... E.E. CUMMINGS Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!" A cold voice answere... J.R.R. TOLKIEN So, Mr. Digence, home to visit the family?" "That's right. My mother's folks are from Kil... EOIN COLFER The Blue Bird from The Last Night of the Earth Poems there’s a bluebird in my hear... CHARLES BUKOWSKI God spreads the heavens above us like great wings And gives a little round of deeds and days, W.B. YEATS Macon Ethan I lay my head down on his chest and cried because had lived because he had die... KAMI GARCIA I don’t think my sister is old enough to have sex.” “V, she’s the same age you ar... J.R. WARD Those that Hobgoblin call you and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck:... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shinin... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER Here's another poem, like all others before and after, dedicated to you. There isn't ... KAMAND KOJOURI No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you kno... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Amelia nodded her head, "That makes perfect sense." "No is doesn't," jeered Otto. "Yes, it... MONET POLNY COMING FORTH INTO THE LIGHT I was born the day I thought: What is? What wa... SUZY KASSEM A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend." His Mother says: "Why did yo... VERONICA ROTH I call you my soulmate because I lost myself in you and then found myself through you. <... KAMAND KOJOURI O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like rest of my race? but my dad said it was no excuse. "But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? Is... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Congratulations to your mom and dad for birth of a sweet child! Sorry that I couldn't wis... HASIL PAUDYAL Sonnet LXV" Matilde, where are you? Down here I noticed, under my necktie and just a... PABLO NERUDA We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessar... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't read... SIERRA D. WATERS Mr. Fogg accordingly tasted the dish, but, despite its spiced sauce, found it far from palatable. He... JULES VERNE My mother does not own my hands, though she works hard to train them. My mother does not own m... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH What would you have me do?
Search out some powerful patronage, and be
Like crawling ivy cl... EDMOND ROSTAND Past is dead Future is uncertain; Present is all you have, So eat, drink and live mer... ALBERT EINSTEIN Without the door let sorrow lie, And if for cold it hap to die, We'll bury 't in a Christm... GEORGE WITHER A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at ... STEPHEN CRANE REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born, And were still too tiny for The h... SUZY KASSEM I was born the day you kissed me, died the day you left me, but lived for the time that yo... ANJU And it’s more. It’s about getting past that question of whats wrong with me, to knowing the... JULIE ANNE PETERS I said, I want to tell you something. She said, you can tell me tomorrow. I had never told... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER You are real," she said to herself. "Aye." His voice was deep and resonant, a caress in h... J.R. WARD Kate, I'm not always the best at expressing myself to you, so I'm taking advantage ... AMY PLUM I tried to warn you, But girls never listen. Got your innocence insured? ... WENDY HIGGINS Why did you run away last time?” William asks quietly, so quietly that at first, I think I’m ima... ANNA B. DOE I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting for the other team, I�... ILONA ANDREWS My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and tha... MAGGIE STIEFVATER That time I thought I could not go any closer to grief without dying I wen... MARY OLIVER I guess she was a life line Sewing our family fabric together From me to dad to her ... RICHARD L. RATLIFF A poem to Raymond, whom everybody loves, originally composed on a waterproof smartphone in a sea of ... WILL ADVISE won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. b... LUCILLE CLIFTON I punched him nos so lightly in the arm. 'Asshole.' He was silent for a few minutes, and then h... MICHELLE HODKIN After a while Mary said, “Zsadist?” “Yeah?” “What are those markings... J.R. WARD Pretty Song" From the complications of loving you I think there is no end or return.... MARY OLIVER There is a place born of silence A place where the whispers of the heart arise. There is a... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI (Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart.
(Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS Before you were born, And were still too tiny for The h... SUZY KASSEM I’d been raised to be practical and keep my emotions in check, but I loved cars. That was one... RICHELLE MEAD And I loved you I loved you so There were times I forgot to breathe Waiting ... VERONIKA JENSEN I was eleven years old, and I’d lost my mother, and my soul, and the Crucible gave me you.” RAINBOW ROWELL How do we get there? How did you get here, by the way?' [Will asked]. He heard Halt's dee... JOHN FLANAGAN I went back to the clanging city, I went back where my old loves stayed, But my heart wa... SARA TEASDALE I wasn't born to cook or clean, but to read and write, if you don't like me the way I am,<... BESA KOSOVA No horse jokes," he said. "My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---... CYNTHIA HAND First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. MARTIN NIEMOLLER THOMAS Guilty Of mankind. I have perpetrated human nature. My father and... CHRISTOPHER FRY He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What ca... JULIA QUINN Movie. What's my favorite kind of movie?” “Is there a point to this?” “Please, Luc... KAITLIN SCOTT
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And the... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night,
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And now, to add more measure to your woes,
I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever a... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There's villainous news abroad. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If't be summer news,
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To be a comra... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Now we sit close about this taper here
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For vice ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is no vice so simple but assumes
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(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
That is... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hoy-day!
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Thou bear'st thy... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What, man! more water glideth by the mill
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When thou art all the better part of me?
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate to pray they have their will;
The very devils cannot pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE