Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Secret Garden
He had never caught even a glimpse of the boy and had heard a dozen exaggerated stories about his uncanny looks and ways and his insane tempers. The thing he had heard oftenest was that he might die at any moment and there had been numerous fanciful descriptions of a humped back and helpless limbs, given by people who had never seen him.
Mary Oliver
- Don't Hesitate
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.
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I really enjoy this site, but one thing I wish to change is the repeat of quotes. I know there are other quotes out there and I wish to see them and test my skills on them. Show me all the quotes!
A Teacher
- Fish in a Fish Tank
There was a piece of glass put in the middle of the tank dividing it in two. Then the fish were placed in one side. They soon learned that they could not swim all through the tank, but only in one part. After a while the glass was removed. The fish were not thrilled to have the whole tank to swim in. They didn't know. They continued to stay in their customary part of the tank.
Lizzy McAlpine
- Pushing It Down and Praying
I wanna feel guilty, I wanna feel that it's wrong. I wanna feel peace again, wanna sing a different song. I want you to need me. I need to want something more. He gives what he can, but now I don't know what he's giving for.
Erik Larson
- The Devil in the White City
That night the exposition illuminated the fairgrounds one last time. "Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and somber," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead."
Television Without Pity
Wilson calls Mary, who doesn't want to pick up the phone at first. She gives in, though, and yells at him for advising her to showcase her uncomedic talents at her interview, since her nonstop joking made the employer think she didn't take the job seriously. Well, duh, Mary. I told you not to listen to anything Wilson says.
Zach L Bryan
- Leaving
Until the leaving leaves this house, no we ain't going out until I make some promises that I can't keep. And I wish I could explain how the toxins in my brain, get me so damn down that sometimes I can't speak. And you'll try to understand why I can't be a better man. But it's hard when I'm yelling at you in the street. So if leaving comes to staying, and you walk yourself away, leave knowing that no one could love you more than me.
Publius
Russia is the largest country in the world. It is about 28 times the size of Ukraine. Russia's population is about 4 times the number of Ukrainians. Russia has 1.5 million more military personnel than Ukraine. Russia is significantly better off economically and is able to spend much more on their military than Ukraine is. It's not a fair fight. But Ukraine is still hanging on. I stand with Ukraine.
Nunemakers Parable
There was a wanderer who found his way to God, or maybe it was Lucifer under some false facade. Broken down and tattered, compound fractures in his sleeves, shoe soles nailed together, but he never seemed to bleed. With one desperate push his poor diaphragm forced out a plea. He said: One home burned down, one fell apart, one met a flood, and one was nothing from the start. Weapons built against me, well they all seem to fail, but weapons built against my home, they always will prevail.
Thomas Bulfinch
- Bulfinch's Mythology
Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione. Others say that Venus sprang from the foam of the sea. The zephyr wafted her along the waves to the Isle of Cyprus, where she was received and attired by the Seasons, and then led to the assembly of the gods. All were charmed with her beauty, and each one demanded her for his wife. Jupiter gave her to Vulcan, in gratitude for the service he had rendered in forging thunderbolts.
Mohanad Elskieky
- Message to Billionaires
I love documentaries so much. I love animals. But I think we need to stop making documentaries about the bottom of the ocean. I don't want to see what's happening there. It's gross. Every creature there looks like a first draft. Ewww. We need to stop going to the bottom of the ocean. Unless you're a billionaire and you're watching this. Keep going to the bottom of the ocean.
Morihei Ueshiba
- The Art of Peace
The Art of Peace that I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.
Jaylama
- Debits to the left
One of the basic principles of accounting is that debits go to the left, and credits go to the right. This is the first step in understanding the accounting process. Every debit has a corresponding credit, and vice versa.
Robert Louis Stevenson
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer. My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; and I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous.
andrizzle
- Your Husband
When you make dinner and it comes time to serve your household, who gets served first? In my opinion, my husband gets served before my children. I have a few key points to share on this: 1. Showing your children patience is important in raising them correctly and telling someone to jump, doesn't mean they will jump. 2. My children will eventually move out and start their own lives. If I do not put my marriage as a priority, what will we have when the children are gone?
Eddiefrb (youtube, spotify, instagram)
- Puss in Boots' second verse on his rap battle against The Cat in the Hat
Life is a journey and death is a given, the pages are turned as our stories are written. Your legacy's tethered to Seuss's estate and defaced by the hatred he paved in his place. It has been a lifetime since the Doctor was in and his racism tainted the pages he penned as he propped propaganda art for armed citizens; death of the author caught the dog whistling! Fight me if you must, flee me if you're scared, face me if you can, fear me if you dare! I'm dropping the mic, now, pick it up.
Guru Hank
- Guru Hank Has Questions
Do you often dream about a post-holocaust world in which you are top caveman? Do you instinctively imitate dialects and mannerisms when describing a scene? Do you feel you "march to the beat of a drunken drummer?" Does everything always take twice as long and cost twice as much as you thought it would? Do you sometimes smash your finger when using a hammer? Does everything seem a little unreal to you?
Kendrick Lamar & SZA
- luther
In this world, concrete flowers grow. Heartache, she only doing what she know. Weekends, get it popping on the low, better days coming for sure. If it was up to me I wouldn't give these nobodies no sympathy, I'd take away the pain, I'd give you everything.
Dr.Yeetson
- Important message
Hello user, I have made this quote to talk about a quote I found. it was telling about bullying is bad, and if you are getting bullied just ignore it, guess what? it had 2 star rating. So if somebody is a bully victim, let me tell you something. Fight back, as hard as you can. Snitch on those morons and call the police on them, make them suffer and their parents pay. We humans by nature will never understand the pain we inflict until we suffer that same or a pain higher than that. Stay strong.
