Take that Poppy seed, for instance: it lies in your palm, the merest atom of matter, hardlyvisible, a speck, a pin's point in bulk, but within it is imprisoned a spirit of beauty ineffable, which will break its bonds and emerge from the dark ground and blossom in a splendor so dazzling as to baffle all powers of description.
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Related (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA All concepts of making a point is another failure of communication. DEYTH BANGER Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA When the bonfire of love still smolders in the wake of emotional convulsions, seeds of regret and re... ERIK PEVERNAGIE This is the spot where I will lie When life has had enough of me, These are the grasses ... SARA TEASDALE That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Today, young girls measure the quality of their beauty based upon its entertainment value. The more ... C. JOYBELL C. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS The struggle is part of your story but Everything will be in place in the right situation at a perfe... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON The beauty of a woman may be the root of all evil.
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And fast I gather, bit by bit.
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