Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.
She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.
...the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would to oppress the former.
It was like watching a movie being played on the blank screen of his mind; the only difference was that he did not get bored, no matter how many times he watched it.
Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.
We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you.
Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.
An apple tree is just like a person. In order to thrive, it needs companionship that's similar to it in some ways, but quite different than others.
When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.
There are no hierarchies in nature other than those imposed by hierarchical modes of human thought, but rather differences merely in function between and within living things.
That’s not making love; it’s getting laid. There’s a world of difference between the two. Settling for less is cheating yourself.” He looked at her steadily. “It’s worth the wait.
Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.
God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.
If we cooperate with Him in loving obedience, God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face.
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
He had no racial feeling—not because he was superior to his brother civilians, but because he had matured in a different atmosphere, where the herd instinct does not flourish.
People are naturally hardworking but will stop working hard at anything if they learn from experience that their effort makes no difference.
The difference between the modern laws and those of the past is that wisdom is no longer a respected requirement and it has become secondary in importance to bureaucratic procedure.
For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
If the rules make such a difference, then it becomes very important who gets to make them.
