Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went down under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive through a big serf to crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beaches in joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever.
Homer
Related Her room was warm and lightsome. A huge doll sat with her legs apart in the copious easy-chair besid... JAMES JOYCE For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to ... BRUCE WEIGL Ara?" She jerked her face up. "Huh? Where were we?" But his expression had grown serious, ... KRESLEY COLE She lends her pen, to thoughts of him, that flow from it, in her solitary. LANG LEAV What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you." He closed his eyes. And when he opened th... ELIZABETH HOYT The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the gl... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call... SARAH J. MAAS He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE Sick of body, unable to rise up, vehemently intoxicated without wine . . . And it is as t... AL-MUTANABBī The little group before her finally moved on and Sarah took its place, standing before Tom like he w... BONNIE DEE You’re here!” She repeated, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his hips.... AMY LANE Her heart pounded as the door lifted and Hunter got out dressed in faded jeans, a gray and black v-n... SHERRILYN KENYON Caged Bird A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream ti... MAYA ANGELOU He started to pull away again but she called his name so he stopped. “Yeah?” “Before... KRISTEN ASHLEY A tired man lay down his head in a dusty room so dim, and for so long his wife did shake ROMAN PAYNE So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?" A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. "... HOLLY BLACK Tonight I Can Write Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for e... PABLO NERUDA Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze. She loosed a shuddering breath, and... SARAH J. MAAS Bending his head, Kai pressed his lips to her knuckles. The plating had no nerve endings, and yet th... MARISSA MEYER A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, La... WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Sam," she said. "I'm trying!" "Sam," she repeated. "No," he spat, hearing her tone. "... SARAH J. MAAS He sipped again, more deeply. “Is this an interrogation, Lieutenant?” It was the smile in his vo... J.D. ROBB Wow, hi,’ Eight says, and when he speaks it’s with his own voice. It’s him. It’s ... PITTACUS LORE But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered an... PABLO NERUDA How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ... ROBERT FANNEY A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body,<... W.B. YEATS She stared into his eyes and announced, “A good-bye kiss.” It was at that Raid stopped dead... KRISTEN ASHLEY I doubt your Argonaut kin would approve of that,” she managed. “They didn’t much like me being... ELISABETH NAUGHTON Hermione slid out of her bunk and moved like a sleepwalker towards Ron, her eyes upon his pale face.... J.K. ROWLING He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. DARHOWER All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him.... BONNIE DEE That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: "The night is full of ... PABLO NERUDA What do you want to show me?" "Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi... RAINBOW ROWELL Your daughter is ugly. She knows loss intimately, carries whole cities in her belly. ... WARSAN SHIRE Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuria... ANNA AKHMATOVA My father, father!' - she might pray to the winds; no innocence moves her judges mad for war. <... AESCHYLUS I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL To four years until freedom," she said lifting her glass. He raised his in salute. "To yo... SARAH J. MAAS He spoke to her, though, if only through his verse. One night in the banqueting hall, just before a ... JUDITH JAMES ... As Lorcan stared down at Lysandra, his blood-splattered face impassive. "Out of the way, shifter... SARAH J. MAAS Bitter disappointment pushed tears from her eyes. "Now what's wrong? I said you could wear it."... DEEANNE GIST She gave his hand a small squeeze. "Jason, if we're going to try this then I'd like to take thi... R.L. MATHEWSON God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the ... WILLIAM COWPER Valentine whirled. Clary, lying half-conscious in the sand, her wrists and arms a screaming agony, s... CASSANDRA CLARE Here the whole world (stars, water, air, And field, and forest, as they were Reflected in ... C.S. LEWIS Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fa... MADELYN ALT When you've lived as long as I have," he said, eyes heavy-lidded but definitely on her, "you learn t... NALINI SINGH I intend to play. We require a dealer." Michael’s gaze snapped to her as Langford sneer... SARAH MACLEAN A poor old Widow in her weeds Sowed her garden with wild-flower seeds; Not too shallow, an... WALTER DE LA MARE I saw her, once. “She passed through our village, through fields littered with dead sol... MARIE LU Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dro... J.D. ROBB She rides the sandworm of space! She guides through all storms Into the land of gentle win... FRANK HERBERT He turned and narrowed his eyes at her. "There is a certain sort of girl who wants the wolf to eat o... LENA COAKLEY Season late, day late, sun just down, and the sky Cold gunmetal but with a wash of live rose, a... ROBERT PENN WARREN I assume you have a reason for manhandling my mate?” Cool words but his amusement was apparent. NALINI SINGH 2 SECONDS He was on her in an instant to brace her against the wall. She kicked and clawe... G.S. JENNSEN The white saucer like some full moon descends At last from the clouds of the table above; ... HAROLD MONRO It was her last breakfast with Bapi, her last morning in Greece. In her frenetic bliss that kept her... ANN BRASHARES He stopped the flyers And by his rare example made the coward Turn terror into sport. As w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over... PATTI SMITH Could any State on Earth Immortall be, Venice by Her rare Goverment is She; Venice Great N... JAMES HOWELL His breath caught, harsh enough that she looked over her shoulder. But his eyes weren't o... SARAH J. MAAS And when the Salmon seeks a fresher stream to find; (Which hither from the sea comes, yearly, by... MICHAEL DRAYTON THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER The man in the corner Is dying with words He's crying... SUZY KASSEM Finally, he slipped his arms around her too. Her eyes closed in relief. “I was thinking,... BONNIE DEE I want you,” she said. “Naked.” His nostrils flared as if he was soaking in the sc... NALINI SINGH I long for the solitude of a sunset at sea, and the chill of the breeze coming in with the... R.C. GIBBONS Peter..." He straightened, his back to her like a wall. Then, slowly, he turned his face toward... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT She wondered If I had woken up, would I have smelled his sadness, his desperation, and his detachmen... RACHEL THOMPSON I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is... JOYCE KILMER All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits a... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STAINS With red clay between my toes, and the sun setting over my head, the ghost of ... BRENDA SUTTON ROSE Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of ... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI You are real," she said to herself. "Aye." His voice was deep and resonant, a caress in h... J.R. WARD Her hands brushed Shane's, and he let go of the cards and took hold. And then somehow she... RACHEL CAINE Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid (as we're inclined to do), I do not need a handsome man RUTH BELL GRAHAM Power Living in the earth-deposits of our history Today a backhoe divul... ADRIENNE RICH When he finally broke off the kiss and moved his lips to her neck, then her breast again, sucking he... BONNIE DEE Soeur Marie Emelie" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are ony... CARYLL HOUSELANDER Voodoo Girl Her skin is white cloth, and she's all sewn apart and she has many colore... TIM BURTON All right, then,” she snapped, “do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent d... LISA KLEYPAS In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman's balcony, watching as she walt... SARAH J. MAAS Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her ... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin. Swimmer, your body is pure as the wat... PABLO NERUDA He pulled her toward him and gathered her in his arms as his hand lovingly cradled the back of her n... JENNIFER LANE She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harr... J.K. ROWLING She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF She shut her eyes to block out the image. This was all kinds of madness. “Tanner.” M... AMY ANDREWS Can we get back to work now?" Haley asked, sounding innocent, but Zoe didn't miss the woman's lips t... R.L. MATHEWSON I dispelled my invisibility for a few seconds in his full view, a finger resting provocatively on my... KEVIN HEARNE She chuckled, leaned on him as they headed out of the park. “All in all, it was a hell of a party.... J.D. ROBB I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?" Cath's eye... RAINBOW ROWELL She sucked in a shuddering breath, and he pulled back far enough for them to share breath. Her finge... SARAH J. MAAS God and religion before every thing!' Dante cried. 'God and religion before the world.' ... JAMES JOYCE He carries stars in his pockets because he knows she fears the dark. Whenever sadness... ALASKA GOLD I'd been making desicions for days. I picked out the dress Bailey would wear forever- a bl... JANDY NELSON
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It is not right to glory in the slain. HOMER Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak. HOMER The rose Dawn might have found them weeping still had not grey-eyed Athena slowed the night when nig... HOMER There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, ... HOMER For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother HOMER The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing. HOMER Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. HOMER Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this. HOMER Light is the task where many share the toil. HOMER And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared. HOMER A decent boldness ever meets with friends. HOMER Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. HOMER I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another. HOMER How vain, without the merit, is the name. HOMER Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a sing... HOMER Not vain the weakest, if their force unite. HOMER A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly. HOMER At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain, Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain: Then,... HOMER For too much rest becomes a pain. HOMER There will be killing till the score is paid. HOMER Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. HOMER The fates have given mankind a patient soul. HOMER Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift. HOMER The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gen... HOMER Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught th... HOMER Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured. HOMER Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. HOMER The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, ... HOMER The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. HOMER A young man is embarrassed to question an older one. HOMER Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. HOMER The single best augury is to fight for one's country. HOMER For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their father... HOMER There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man ... HOMER A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. HOMER Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend. HOMER It is not good to have a rule of many. HOMER To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those wh... HOMER In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! HOMER Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from th... HOMER True friends appear less moved than counterfeit. HOMER Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. HOMER Hunger is insolent, and will be fed. HOMER Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. HOMER Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe. HOMER Wise to resolve, and patient to perform. HOMER The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. HOMER Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid. HOMER There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. HOMER Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing. HOMER But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp con... HOMER Still, we will let all this be a thing of the past, though it hurts us, and beat down by constraint ... HOMER …There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—mag... HOMER Winged words. HOMER At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince!... HOMER It is a wise child that knows his own father. HOMER A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much. HOMER The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council. HOMER The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. HOMER You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age. HOMER Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. HOMER We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. HOMER There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the... HOMER The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly. HOMER So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor ... HOMER Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the ... HOMER May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a ho... HOMER Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they th... HOMER It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told. HOMER It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You... HOMER I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood ... HOMER Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. HOMER Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee co... HOMER Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, a... HOMER It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. HOMER It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. HOMER It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. HOMER It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his de... HOMER If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift. HOMER I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. HOMER He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when h... HOMER He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. HOMER Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the sam... HOMER A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. HOMER A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, w... HOMER A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and... HOMER A companion's words of persuasion are effective. HOMER It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to ... HOMER I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. HOMER Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy. HOMER Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe. HOMER Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. F... HOMER By their own follies they perished, the fools. HOMER All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. HOMER All men have need of the gods. HOMER A small rock holds back a great wave. HOMER Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both... HOMER You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has giv... HOMER Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselv... HOMER There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men. HOMER There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love. HOMER Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired. HOMER Do not mourn the dead with the belly HOMER Life and death are balanced on the edge of a razor. HOMER And they die an equal death - the idler and the man of mighty deeds. HOMER All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious HOMER Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told s... HOMER Far and near friends knew this house; for he whose home it was had much acquaintance in the world HOMER The blade itself incites to deeds of violence. HOMER Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that s... HOMER No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he ... HOMER Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you. As there are no trustworthy oaths between... HOMER Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep, even so I will endure… For al... HOMER But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, nev... HOMER Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do every... 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people who see eye to eye keeping ho... HOMER Wisdom never lies HOMER By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made HOMER Achilles absent, was Achilles still HOMER A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly HOMER …and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you ... HOMER Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet ... HOMER Heaven has appointed us dwellers on earth a time for all things. HOMER Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile HOMER Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than war HOMER [I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at ... HOMER He went off without a word along the shore of the sounding sea. HOMER For you are goddesses, inside on everything, know everything. But we mortals hear only the news, and... HOMER They would eat its blossoms and stalks in the spring, ... And use its fiber to make rabbit nets, san... HOMER Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured HOMER Too many kings can ruin an army HOMER But when he spoke, that great voice of his poured out of his chest in words like the snowflakes of w... HOMER By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember HOMER [B]ut it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals. The sinews no longer hold the fle... HOMER Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying togeth... HOMER down from his brow she ran his curls like thick hyacinth clusters full of blooms HOMER Aries in his many fits knows no favorites. HOMER These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to storie... HOMER Immortals are never alien to one another. HOMER So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all.... HOMER out of sight,out of mind HOMER Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better. HOMER And empty words are evil. HOMER some things you will think of yourself,...some things God will put into your mind HOMER Each man delights in the work that suits him best. HOMER My name is Nobody. HOMER Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themsel... HOMER Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their mis... HOMER Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death HOMER Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this. HOMER A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a t... HOMER There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth. HOMER Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive... HOMER The gods granted us misery, in jealousy over the thought that we two, always together, should enjoy ... HOMER …but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives. HOMER There was one on Kentucky Avenue that sunk so much that a lady couldn't even get out of her driveway... HOMER When your design stinks, Engineering 101 says admit your mistakes and go back to the drawing board, HOMER After the event, even a fool is wise HOMER Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen but his country's cause HOMER I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another HOMER The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. HOMER What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their tr... HOMER ...like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glit... HOMER For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he m... HOMER Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war. HOMER Life is largely a matter of expectation. HOMER I don't want a lot of people nosing round my studio and bothering me. I don't want to see th... WINSLOW HOMER Roads are just a suggestion, like pants. HOMER SIMPSON It is better to confess ignorance than provide it. HOMER HICKAM The sun will not rise or set without my notice, and thanks. WINSLOW HOMER I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to ... HOMER HICKAM I do not care to put out any ideas for pictures. They are too valuable and can be appropriated by an... WINSLOW HOMER That's another way we can support the program. 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His pictures look false; he does not get th... WINSLOW HOMER It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to squeeze in 8 ... HOMER SIMPSON Mr. C. Klackner has for sale four etchings etched by myself, at the expense of two years' time &... WINSLOW HOMER Trying is the first step towards failure". - Homer Simpson HOMER SIMPSON Why don't those stupid idiots let me in their crappy club for jerks? HOMER SIMPSON Jebus, Buddha, I love you alllllllllllllllllll HOMER SIMPSON Stupid Flounders! HOMER SIMPSON We have learn't a very valuable leasson today: it's better to watch stuff then to do stuff. HOMER SIMPSON Just because i don't listen doesn't mean i don't understand. HOMER SIMPSON If you're going to get mad at me everytime I do something stupid then I guess I'll have to stop doin... HOMER SIMPSON Marge, don’t discourage the boy. Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separa... HOMER SIMPSON