Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. The trouble is that very few of their laborious explanations stick in the memory. The m...
[testifying] Mayella Ewell: I was sittin' on the porch, and he come along. Uh, there's this old chifforobe in the yard, and I-I said, 'You come in here, boy, and bust up this chifforobe, and I'll give you a nickel.' So he-he come on in the yard and I...
[last lines] Tatiana: [removes ring and hands it to Bond] Here you are. In case you ever need it again. James Bond: Oh, yes. All government property has to be accounted for. But as I said before, we won't always be working on the company's time. Will...
Snow White: [Waking up] Oh, dear! I wonder if the children are. [Sees the dwarves peeking from the edge of the bed] Snow White: Oh! [the dwarves hide, then peek again] Snow White: Why. Why, you're little men. [the dwarfs look at each other, then reve...
Briony Tallis, aged 13: The princess was well aware of his remorseless wickedness. But that made it no easier to overcome the voluminous love she felt in her heart for Sir Romulus. The princess knew instinctively that the one with red hair was not to...
This is the story I am working on. But it isn't complete as I don't have the right way to begin. I sit on the crosshouse floor and look at the objects. I see different ways they could be put together and the way the story changes over time. The objec...
Then a soft air, a simple melody, rose to the ears of the suddenly hushed court; and for me, it was May Day again, and I was no longer cold, for the sun burned bright and the grass smelled of its sour-sweet bruisings and an old man fashioned a ballad...
With Cosmic Ordering you will never eat humble pie again.
The sun loved me again when it saw that the stars would not abandon me.
Maybe I can stalk you again sometime.” “Absolutely.
One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.
Pain or love or danger makes you real again....
He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.
I've lost you, forever, so many times. And I'd do it all again.
You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.
It was the kiss of a man who had waited years for the moment, and feared that it would never come again.
Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?
We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.
Say your heart out.. work that dream out.. for the time won't be back again.
Yes, I’ve killed! I’ve killed as indiscriminately as God! And yes, I will kill again. I must.
When virtue has slept, it will arise again all the fresher.
