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Jane Austen quote: "Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward."
Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward. Jane Austen
The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing. Charles Bukowski
Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything like political freedom: the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery. The nineteenth century and early twentieth century in the Western world stand out as striking exceptions to the general trend of historical development. Political freedom in this instance clearly came along with the free market and the development of... Milton Friedman
L. M. Montgomery quote: "If a kiss could be seen it would look like a violet."
If a kiss could be seen it would look like a violet. L. M. Montgomery
Good friends, beware! the only life we know. Flies from us like an arrow from the bow, The caravan of life is moving by, Quick! to your places in the passing show. Richard Le Gallienne
Stephenie Meyer quote: "I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."
I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars. Stephenie Meyer
Gen stopped and talked to Simon Thaibault, who was reading One Hundred Years Of Solutide in Spanish. 'This will take me forever,' Thaibault said to Gen in French, 'Maybe a hundred years. At least I know I have the time.' 'Who knew that being kidnapped was so much like attending university?' Gen said. Ann Patchett
Arundhati Roy quote: "Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and..."
Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity. Arundhati Roy
A. Whitney Brown quote: "The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only..."
The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed. A. Whitney Brown
Victor Hugo quote: "the cold and bitter scorn of the passers-by penetrated her..."
...the cold and bitter scorn of the passers-by penetrated her very flesh and soul like a north wind. Victor Hugo
People of the middle sort like us, thinking people that is, are always tongue-tied and awkward. What is the reason of it? Whether it is the lack of public interest, or whether it is we are so honest we don't want to deceive one another. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I don't think it's a question of liking or disliking it," Tengo said..."It was the one thing he was best at." "Hmm. I see," Kumi said. She pondered this. "But that might very well be the best way to live your life. Haruki Murakami
Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot from their faces like barbed lightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expression could easily be mistaken for ferocity. C. S. Lewis
Arthur Golden quote: "You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone..."
You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone didn't save you. Arthur Golden
JACKThat is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won't want to know Bunbury. ALGERNONThen your wife will. You don't seem to realize, that in married life three is company and two is none. JACKThat, my dear young friend, is the theory that the corrupt French Drama has been propounding for the last fifty years. ALGERNONYes; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time. Oscar Wilde

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