No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
We would either have a silent, a soft, a perfumed cross, sugared and honeyed with the consolations of Christ, or we faint; and providence must either brew a cup of gall and wormwood, mastered in the mixing with joy and songs, else we cannot be discip...
I will love you like God, because of God, mighted by the power of God. I will stop expecting your love, demanding your love, trading for your love, gaming for your love. I will simply love. I am giving myself to you, and tomorrow I will do it again. ...
The Sunlight on the Garden The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold, When all is told We cannot beg for pardon. Our freedom as free lances Advances towards its end; The earth compels, upon i...
So. If this was some normal fictional young-adult book, this is the part of the story where after the film, the entire high school would rise to their feet and applaud, and Earl and I would find True Acceptance and begin to Truly Believe in Ourselves...
There is a very good organization called "Make a Wish Foundation" that helps make a dying child's wishes come true. People go out of their way and work together to create an unbelievable lasting memory for a deserving person. What just dawned on me w...
Dying for someone is easy." J.T. murmured now; as if reading my mind."Living for yourself, that's hard.
While his brain lay slowly dying, Bevan felt his body come back to life.
... and I experienced the bitter helplessness of a taunted old man dying to be whole again.
America, and all it had once stood for--all he had fought for--was dying...on life support, and counting.
...Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Jim turned his head slowly to look into my eyes and shuddered. “It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to dying.
The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else.
If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.
Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
Her laughter could weaken my intentions to quit, even if I was dying.
Dying in vain isn't really all that bad since nearly everyone does it. It's the living in vain you really have to watch out for.
But in dying so suddenly her mother had become a riddle at the gate instead of the road you walked to get there.
I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.
Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.