Music is a holy place, a cathedral so majestic that we can sense the magnificence of the universe, and also a hovel so simple and private that none of us can plumb its deepest secrets.
It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was listening to everything from country to heavy metal to Indigo Girls to Elton John. I guess when I was really young I didn't like Willie Nelson, and sh...
The song reminds me of my life lately and the way things that happen devastate you so badly but then turn around and totally surprise you by growing into something unexpected and astounding. Of course, i could be wrong. I mean, who knows what the son...
I have loved hours at sea, gray cities, The fragile secret of a flower, Music, the making of a poem That gave me heaven for an hour; First stars above a snowy hill, Voices of people kindly and wise, And the great look of love, long hidden, Found at l...
Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw. Music? To hear it is ...
And I like Strauss and Mozart and all that, but the priceless gift that African Americans gave the world when they were still in slavery was a gift so great that it is now almost the only reason many foreigners still like us at least a little bit. Th...
The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow - slow it; steer it to safer footing. Of course. And while she was at it, she ought to defeat the Alend Monarch's army, take care of Maste...
Great travel writing consists of equal parts curiosity, vulnerability and vocabulary. It is not a terrain for know-it-alls or the indecisive. The best of the genre can simply be an elegant natural history essay, a nicely writ sports piece, or a well-...
Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.
Great language and great literature do not survive long without each other
You have great talents. Aim for God best for your life.
Every great warrior must learn to endure and overcome the adversities of life.
It takes good effort to begin and a great effort to complete a task.
Discovery a good book is like finding a great treasure.
A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
[To my enemy:] Some are great, some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them! And then there's you.
Thinking is a great joy for a good writer and a great torture for the bad one!
I'm so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family.
It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.
Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.
