Well, memory can play tricks. Most people, I think, tend to remember the good rather than the bad when someone close to them dies.
But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions.
The greatest importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls...lies in the discovery of biblical manuscripts dating back to only about 300 years after the close of the Old Testament canon.
We hold our dreams and ideals close to our hearts, where the promises are made to the future generations.
You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me." I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.
Their leafy whispers delighted her, and she promised her confidentiality by gently touching the trunks of both trees. They had held her secrets close to their hearts, she could do no less.
Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart.
I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.
What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with. -Jeremy Malory-
The door that closed kept us from entering a room, but what now lies before us is the rest of reality.
I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.
No other ethnic group has even come close to matching the abilities and accomplishments of Jews.
As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.
Sometimes you do things you regret, but there's nothing you can do about them. Times change. Doors close behind you. You move on.
She opened one eye. “The goddess Artemis is going to talk to the supreme god Zeus … about me?” “Yup.” She closed her eyes again. “I’m so not okay.
...his jaw tightening and his eyes closed on the tears. “I believe you. It’s okay because I understand and I believe you.
It’d been a long time since they’d been together, but as close as they were physically, they’d never been so far apart in every other way.
This put me very close to Jay and it was as uncomfortable as it was mystifying. It was uncomfortable because I still wasn’t sure I liked him all that much. It was mystifying because his intense stares were unlike anything I’d ever experienced; th...
If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.
And being here like this, so suddenly close to him is enough to make her lightheaded. It's a feeling like falling.
