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If you think of something, do it.

Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.


Lydia Davis

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CUSTOMER: I’d like to buy this audiobook.
BOOKSELLER: Great.
CUSTOMER: Only, I don’t r...
JEN CAMPBELL To express is to drive.
And when you want to give something presence,
you have to consult n...
LOUIS KAHN Is it a very wicked place?" I asked, more for the sake of saying something than for information.
CHARLES DICKENS If you think you can do it, you can.
JOHN BURROUGHS Don't think it. Do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS This illusion of work is fatal.

It wastes your time, makes you think that you’re doing...
VISHAL OSTWAL If you are doing what everyone else is doing, you are doing something wrong. Why? Because most peopl...
ANDY ANDREWS Q: But what do you think that the Bible, itself, says? Don't you know how it was arrived at?
A:...
SCOPES TRIAL Would you like to cross another item off this list today?"

"I should like that very much....
SARAH MACLEAN DON'T SAY, DO


Do not say things
You think I want to hear.
Instead,
S...
SUZY KASSEM I’ve met nearly every woman in this room, and I can’t think of one who would make a better frien...
KIERA CASS The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying.
It was:
'What do you think I am, stup...
IDRIES SHAH If you don't think it.
You'll never do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS -You think I’ve got a big ego and an attitude problem?
-I don’t think you do, Carlos. I kno...
SIMONE ELKELES Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.”
He ...
BRANDON SANDERSON Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other ...
E.A. BUCCHIANERI I do not think I was made to help people."

"And what were you made to do?"

"...
DEVIN MADSON If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't,
If you like to ...
WALTER D. WINTLE I still don’t know where the river begins, or where it ends. I don’t know where it comes from, o...
MICHAEL CHROBAK If you don’t understand something clearly that you are being taught…speak up.
If you feel s...
LOREN WEISMAN I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten afte...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You think Warner is sexy?"
...
"I do like his face.
TAHEREH MAFI There were people who went to sleep last night,
poor and rich and white and black,
but t...
MAYA ANGELOU Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do!

Your life mainly consists of 3 thi...
ALLAN RUFUS Tanner: I think that I might kiss you to keep your lips busy with something other than insulting me....
MELISSA LEMON Are you the new person drawn toward me?
To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different...
WALT WHITMAN Sometimes I think that wisdoms slip from my mind like drool from the lips of an idiot...

...
VERA NAZARIAN You Hang on to your pain like it means something; like it's worth something. Well, let me tell you, ...
NANCY OLIVER What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d thin...
BRANDON SANDERSON Do you think I'm pretty?”

He regarded me with utter seriousness, like he always did. "I...
RICHELLE MEAD To know that you do not know is the best.
To think you know when you do not is a disease.
...
LAO TZU When people work hard at what they do the best,
We often think of them as unlike the rest.
ANNE EMERICK Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?
It doesn't.
RAMEZ NAAM I was asking if unwinding kills you, or if it leaves you alive somehow. C'mon—it's not like we hav...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN What do you think it is to be normal?'
Why in the world would you want to be?' she says.
I...
PATRICK JONES Do you understand this is serious?"

"I understand you think it's serious.
GILLIAN FLYNN Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get
away, or whether you do...
KENNETH GRAHAME If you think you're beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you'd like to w...
WALTER D. WINTLE I know
you deserve better than me. You think I don’t know that? But
if there was any w...
JAMIE MCGUIRE Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it...
RICHELLE MEAD I'm sure that President Trump will do plenty of things that people don't like, plenty of thi...
D. B. SWEENEY Can you do that?” Thomas asked.
“Huh?”
“Kill someone three times.”
“I’...
JAMES DASHNER If you do not like to do something for free, why do you think you will love this occupation for mone...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Roo: What’s your definition of popularity?

Hutch: I used to think people were popular b...
E. LOCKHART Are you sure you know where you're going?" Andrea frowned.
"Would you like me to pull over and ...
ILONA ANDREWS If you really want to do something,
you will.
If not now,
Eventually.
VANSHIKA DHYANI Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accus...
TAMORA PIERCE I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.
Tell me why you loved...
ANDREA GIBSON She often said that 'all roads lead to something you were always predestined to do'. And for her, pe...
FREDRIK BACKMAN If you don't
think it's a good deal you don't think you should be doing this challenge
o...
JOEY GILBERT You don't look like an alien!' It seemed important to point that out.

He arched a brow. ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I... I don't, I don't think I can do this."
"Do what?"
It didn't answer.
"Do the test...
DEREK LANDY So...what do you want to do?"
He didn't even have to think about it.
"Kiss you again.
DENISE HUNTER Why does that kid think so highly of himself?"
"Kids that think they're so smart.They're everyw...
NATSUKI TAKAYA We don't even love each other.
I do a bit, you know.
You do what a bit?
You know. Lik...
MELINA MARCHETTA So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .”

CHRIS CRUTCHER Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket...
DIANA GABALDON Dad?" Jesus asked.
"Yes, son?" God replied.
"Do we look like man or does he look like us?"...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS So--what's it like, being a vampire?"

"Aline!" Isabelle looked appalled. "You can't just ...
CASSANDRA CLARE unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI You were just worried about me."
An exhale, relieved that I had understood. "Yeah"
I turn...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG Maybe it’s not as clear-cut as that. Maybe it’s the very presence of one thing – light or dark...
JESSICA SHIRVINGTON Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obvio...
ANDY WARHOL If you can do it, why you won't do it???
If you have chance why you won't use it?
DEYTH BANGER WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK

Some people cower
and wince and shrink,
owing to fear of<...
PIET HEIN Everything passes,
Everything changes,
Just do what you think you should do.
BOB DYLAN Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?"
All the time.
WENDY MASS (Talking about Jaron's broken leg)
"How does it feel?" Fink asked.
"Like butterfly kisses,...
JENNIFER A. NIELSEN Do you think it will always be this way?”
“What?”
“I mean, when do we start feelin...
BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not lis...
MARTHA MEDEIROS Do you think Charlotte will let me handle the investigation?"
"Do you think you can be t...
CASSANDRA CLARE And what exactly do you think this proves?" he spits. "You've got power, but you don't know what to ...
PATRICK NESS Rory: Amy. I'm gonna need a little help here.
Amy: Just stop it!
Rory: Just think it throu...
STEVEN MOFFAT Alek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?"

"I think you're trying to do something good....
SCOTT WESTERFELD Do you have kids?" Anna asks.
I laugh. "What do you think?"
"It's probably a good thing," ...
JODI PICOULT Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
WILLIAM GOLDMAN Do. Then talk. In that order.
SOTERO M LOPEZ II This is your world
You’re the creator
Find freedom on this canvas
Believe, that you...
BOB ROSS If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"
Make them stay."
And if you can...
JODI PICOULT I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or
wake at night alone,
...
WALT WHITMAN there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this CHARLES BUKOWSKI We urgently need to do - and I mean actually do - something radical to avert a global catastrophe. B...
STEPHEN EMMOTT Stop. I don't do you favors, Alec. I do things for you because - well, why do you think I do them?"<...
CASSANDRA CLARE You don't think people care, but something like this happens and you find out they do.
ANTHONY JAMISON This is the beginning of a new day.
You have been given this day to use as you will.
You can w...
ANON. This is your life. Do what you want and do it often.
If you don't like something, change it. <...
HOLSTEE MANIFESTO OK, think of it this way. Do you know how microwaves work?”
“No.”
“It’s based on...
SCOTT HAWKINS If you don't know the effect of
words, you are behind times.If
you want positivity, spea...
VAL UCHENDU We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'm hungry, Garion, and I don't think well when I'm hungry."
"That might explain a lot," Beldin...
DAVID EDDINGS I want to see the front of you.”
“That’s what all the girls say.”
“Do you expect...
J.R. WARD Welcome, Prince,' said Aslan. 'Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?' C.S. LEWIS Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an...
CAMILLE SWEENEY I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.
RICHARD L. EVANS Can I just point something out?" Fletcher asked. "That is an awful plan. On a scale of one ...
DEREK LANDY If you hate it... you close it!
If you can't do it... you don't do it...!
...

D...
DEYTH BANGER There’s nothing wrong with you at all. Sometimes people say or do things that are mean because the...
NATHAN REESE MAHER That's what you people never understand," said Rincewind, wearily. "You think magic is just somethin...
TERRY PRATCHETT So that's it?" Kenji says. "You just like him for his personality, huh?"

"What?"
TAHEREH MAFI

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LYDIA DAVIS Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I th...
LYDIA DAVIS I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for mu...
LYDIA DAVIS If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first gla...
LYDIA DAVIS Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.
LYDIA DAVIS Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to peop...
LYDIA DAVIS I am simply not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters.
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LYDIA DAVIS Heart weeps.
Head tries to help heart.
Head tells heart how it is, again:
You will lo...
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LYDIA LUNCH In Nagasaki, American planes did drop warning leaflets - but not till Aug. 10, a day after the city ...
LYDIA MILLET In Hiroshima, bombed Aug. 6, 1945, no warning was given of the air attack, and thus no escape was po...
LYDIA MILLET Oil drilling and coal mining are killing endangered wildlife, polluting rivers, creating smog over w...
LYDIA MILLET The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered ...
LYDIA SIGOURNEY In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or ev...
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LYDIA LUNCH Ever since they announced that golf would be returning to the Olympics, I thought, 'Hey, I wanna...
LYDIA KO For almost two centuries, American gray wolves, vilified in fact as well as fiction, were the victim...
LYDIA MILLET Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all ...
LYDIA LUNCH The comic novels I did when I was in my 20s had a harder edge - less sympathy for people. Or a sympa...
LYDIA MILLET I've never wanted a quiet life.
LYDIA CACHO I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need mu...
LYDIA LUNCH In October 2014, for the first time in almost three-quarters of a century, a gray wolf was seen lopi...
LYDIA MILLET I can be pretty dense about my own basic needs, when my focus is getting through the many small task...
LYDIA MILLET I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'...
LYDIA LUNCH I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be ...
LYDIA LUNCH When it comes to American Indians, mainstream America suffers from willful blindness.
LYDIA MILLET I've played such good golf, and it was hard coming up and it wasn't easy in any matches or a...
LYDIA KO African elephants have long been thought of as a single species, but a critical mass of genetic stud...
LYDIA MILLET Within the macho-melodrama tropes of the superhero genre, it's fair to say 'Watchmen' st...
LYDIA MILLET If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would b...
LYDIA LUNCH In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or ev...
LYDIA SIGOURNEY Without elephants, Africa's landscape would be unrecognizable, yet these animals have fallen by ...
LYDIA MILLET About half of all potential future global warming emissions from United States fossil fuels lie in o...
LYDIA MILLET Most climate debates have focused on cutting the use of fossil fuels. But besides a few high-profile...
LYDIA MILLET What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punche...
LYDIA MILLET 'Dept. of Speculation' contains numerous enviable lines.
LYDIA MILLET In 1805, the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, making their way across the West, were wa...
LYDIA MILLET I came to understand that a German nudist, in 1984, loved little more than to work on his or her tan...
LYDIA MILLET The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image...
LYDIA LUNCH I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.
LYDIA LUNCH Those are agricultural products. We do promote Tennessee products.
LYDIA LENKER Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get s...
LYDIA LEONARD To write erotic proza is not statisfactory. You are always exited but never done.
LYDIA ROOD Fiction should be an ethically safe space, free of fancy ideas. It should be dedicated modestly to r...
LYDIA MILLET In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 ...
LYDIA MILLET I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write i...
LYDIA MILLET I am a humanist not a feminist. There's a big difference.
LYDIA LUNCH I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction...
LYDIA LUNCH The Free Body Culture gave me a gift I might never have received had I refused to play along. It lef...
LYDIA MILLET The Safari Club International has worked the legal system hard to try to keep polar bears - threaten...
LYDIA MILLET I've always been interested in obsessive, insane people.
LYDIA MILLET Wyoming, home to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons, is also the country's largest c...
LYDIA MILLET The summer after I got divorced, my children asked to sleep in my bed again. It would be the first t...
LYDIA MILLET L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, ...
LYDIA MILLET Anne Boleyn isn't a sympathetic character, but I like that she isn't a people pleaser. She&#...
LYDIA LEONARD It's a friendly act to write a lighthearted book.
LYDIA MILLET Domestic realism has dominated the American marketplace for decades now. It leeches into literary fi...
LYDIA MILLET I'm separated by other performers with whom I might be lumped, since what I say is so intensely ...
LYDIA LUNCH I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vag...
LYDIA LUNCH I've always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you&#...
LYDIA LUNCH Better to forget, better to let go of the bitterness. I say bitterness is only good in medicine, or ...
LYDIA KWA The Bond Between
Cousins Cannot
Be Broken!
LYDIA HOWE If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say '...
LYDIA LUNCH We absolutely know we were the catalyst for this. We know that if we hadn't started (our efforts), n...
LYDIA CABALLERO If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'
LYDIA LUNCH Today is a... digital incarnation of Oz - the Internet - we are a motley group of fools from lions t...
LYDIA VORSTEVELD I mean, she was hysterical crying.
LYDIA FERNANDEZ A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getti...
LYDIA KO The rooms of his apartment were full with the dog home again, convalescing. He was satisfied to know...
LYDIA MILLET Remember, cousins are forever!
LYDIA HOWE We don’t want to be the conquistadors. We want to be Charles Darwin.
LYDIA MILLET We also taught them self-reliance, courtship and sexual discipline as they head towards maturity.
LYDIA KANDA Jennifer is not a criminal.
LYDIA SARTAIN We all have our skill sets, right?
LYDIA MILLET I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though m...
LYDIA LEONARD I knew who Jackie Kennedy was in terms of being the wife of JFK and being a clothes horse, and I kne...
LYDIA LEONARD I'm like a one-woman protest machine.
LYDIA LUNCH Indeed, the hype around 'Watchmen' is its curse. If you want to enjoy the comic for what it ...
LYDIA MILLET If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to pl...
LYDIA KO Two weeks ago at the U.S. Amateur, my mom caddied, and that is kind of a different feeling, because ...
LYDIA KO As soon as a regular guy like Bill Clinton becomes the president, he wears a mantle of greatness. He...
LYDIA MILLET 'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rat...
LYDIA LEONARD I worry about the very pernicious way we elevate and separate ourselves from other beasts, the way w...
LYDIA MILLET She said she bit him and kicked him and that's when she said she seen his tattoo on his hand and a s...
LYDIA FERNANDEZ I think we need more acute care. What if you're too sick to be transferred to San Antonio?
LYDIA CABALLERO The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I d...
LYDIA LUNCH In December 2011, a wild gray wolf set foot in California, the first sighting in almost a century. H...
LYDIA MILLET Economic and health statistics, as well as police-violence statistics, shed light on the pressures o...
LYDIA MILLET The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lowe...
LYDIA MILLET Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very su...
LYDIA KO I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b...
LYDIA MILLET The gun is mightier than the pen, was our true opinion, and the RPG is mightier still.
LYDIA MILLET When 'Watchmen' was published in 1986, the vast majority of comics readers deemed it a water...
LYDIA MILLET It seems to me that the time for subtlety in our American life has passed.
LYDIA MILLET We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, ...
LYDIA MILLET Live people ignore the strange and unusual. I myself am ... strange and unusual.
LYDIA DEETEZ The world is entirely magical, the only illusion is that it isn't...
LYDIA ANDAL Unlike in the FGM rite where girls are prepared for marriage after circumcision, here we prepare the...
LYDIA KANDA They want to keep the boycott as a last resort.
LYDIA HERNANDEZ I am excited about what happened. For us, just getting all the organizations coming together, to sen...
LYDIA HERNANDEZ People's backs are against the wall. It's reaching a boiling point. We're going to continue applying...
LYDIA HERNANDEZ I just found out today we have seven sex offenders in this area.
LYDIA FERNANDEZ Let them come and see our sick veterans, and say we don't need a hospital.
LYDIA CABALLERO Most people are really delighted to see some forward motion.
LYDIA BREWSTER I don't care if the children find success in the arts, although I know many will because they have g...
LYDIA BREWSTER We are right behind her. The neighborhood is with her and the organization all the way.
LYDIA BREWSTER They've grown up with the computer, so they expect things to be faster, including cooking. They like...
LYDIA BOTHAM They've grown up with the computer, so they expect things to be faster, including cooking.
LYDIA BOTHAM It was the best move for increasing our overall efficiency and that helps us improve our returns to ...
LYDIA BOTHAM It is critical that skills acquisition should be fast-tracked and that mentoring relationships betwe...
LYDIA BICI Among the logistics arranged for successful participants are accommodation, health insurance, an all...
LYDIA BICI The focus would be on both established and recently graduated unemployed professionals as well as ex...
LYDIA BICI This is obviously a very important decision. The appointment will be made in a timely fashion, but t...
LYDIA LENKER He appointed a Correction Commissioner he has total confidence in, and he knows Commissioner Little ...
LYDIA LENKER The governor continues to stress fiscal responsibility to ensure the state doesn't end up with a def...
LYDIA LENKER These were all things that we are just putting out there that are going to be in his budget. We were...
LYDIA LENKER Re-election doesn't lead us. These are good issues.
LYDIA LENKER It's a fairly technical matter. Clearly there is no indication of a misappropriation of funds.
LYDIA LENKER Abilene could be so cute with just a little help. We've got a lot of neat homes and a lot of nice pe...
LYDIA LONG We have seen improvement but it's like pulling teeth.
LYDIA LONG I always kind of felt there's like this twisted love relationship between King Kong and Fay Wray and...
LYDIA RUTH We think it's great to be the star of the movie.
LYDIA RUTH All they have to do is show up and bring their marriage license.
LYDIA RUTH We don't want to take any chances, and we don't want to cause any bird death. But we have people cal...
LYDIA RUTH They touted their ability to turn inventors' ideas into profitable products. But fewer than 1 percen...
LYDIA PARNES What we're looking for is to have small businesses apply standards that are reasonable in light of t...
LYDIA PARNES These defendants intentionally used personal messages as a cover-up for commercial messages. Decepti...
LYDIA PARNES Charging consumers for bogus collect calls is stealing. The Federal Trade Commission will not tolera...
LYDIA PARNES A recent surf [of the Internet] showed some sites offering these services were registered to foreign...
LYDIA PARNES More than half were no longer advertising the sale of these records.
LYDIA PARNES This is an important right that American consumers have. We want them to be very careful when they'r...
LYDIA PARNES It's difficult to parse out the effect of the law versus technology's impact on the amount of spam.
LYDIA PANES We're offering both good news and cautionary notes.
LYDIA PANES It's awful for her, it's unfortunate, no matter what her status was. I did not know her legal status...
LYDIA PADILLA There are people who basically want to increase diversity and have someone available at their compan...
LYDIA PADILLA It is extremely competitive to get and keep bilingual people. I get several requests a week. Probabl...
LYDIA PADILLA They felt happy, because their voice was heard. Now that they know everyone is going to sit down tog...
LYDIA MUNOZ They are concerned because of the management. They're very abusive.
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LYDIA SARTAIN I believe Jennifer committed no crime. I understand and respect [Gwinnett County] District Attorney ...
LYDIA SARTAIN Jennifer asked that I convey her appreciation of the many prayers and statements of support she has ...
LYDIA SARTAIN TPWD generally allows a one-year grace period and issues verbal warnings to help educate people abou...
LYDIA SALDANA That's something we do with any new law any time there is a significant change. (Issuing a citation)...
LYDIA SALDANA That's a human error. He should have colored the other side. It was the right side of the face and n...
LYDIA SALDANA We left messages for those who weren't home. So, hopefully, they will call back later and donate.
LYDIA SMITH Her daughter is very distraught. She's been trying to get online and see if she's in one of the shel...
LYDIA SMITH Maybe some people don't feel scared when they think about comets and supernovas. Maybe they think it...
LYDIA NETZER Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
LYDIA M. CHILD That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters no...
LYDIA M. CHILD Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
LYDIA M CHILD The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation will there be in the characters, ...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters no...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melanchol...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Thy treasures of gold
Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold;
Thy home may be lo...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theat...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angel...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Home -- that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and he...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. I...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD Over the river and through the wood,
To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way LYDIA MARIA CHILD Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it sligh...
LYDIA MARIA CHILD But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
LYDIA M. CHILD Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
LYDIA M. CHILD I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as...
LYDIA M. CHILD None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as...
LYDIA M. CHILD You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to con...
LYDIA M. CHILD The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in...
LYDIA M. CHILD A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
LYDIA M. CHILD Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. I...
LYDIA M. CHILD Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is...
LYDIA M. CHILD That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, m...
LYDIA M. CHILD Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is...
LYDIA M. CHILD Flow on, forever, in thy glorious robe Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on Unfathomed and r...
LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY And say to mothers what a holy charge Is theirs--with what a kingly power their love Might rul...
LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry ...
LYDIA M. CHILD You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to con...
LYDIA M. CHILD