A star falls from the sky and into your hands. Then it seeps through your veins and swims inside your blood and becomes every part of you. And then you have to put it back into the sky. And it's the most painful thing you'll ever have to do and that ...
Because she is in God’s hands.’ But if so, she was in God’s hands all the time, and I have seen what they did to her here. Do they suddenly become gentler to us the moment we are out of the body? And if so, why? If God’s goodness is inconsist...
A preoccupation with power - black power, student power, flower power, poor power, 'the power structure' - is the striking aspect of the American political scene at the moment. Oddly enough, obsession with power goes hand in hand with a fear of power...
Early in her career, Muse engaged her skills for technical purposes, such as document translation and schematic visualizations for government entities. She continued to write and paint poetically, in secret, using her pen name, Muse. An inner compass...
So this, Harriet thought, gazing at her black-clad reflection, was what bearing up looked like. The eyes in the mirror stared at her, somehow, while fixing themselves far away. Bearing up, then, must be this: the feeling of perfect frozen stillness, ...
I remember the first time I fell in love. I held her hand in mine with not an interest to let go. I floated along lighter than I've ever felt. I kissed her hand as if she were my princess. There was a heart full of love and it was all for her. Every ...
This place is a mystery. A sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it & the soul of those who read it & lived it & dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes do...
The young man, perched insecurely in the slender branches, rocked till he felt slightly drunk, reached down the boughs, where the scarlet beady cherries hung thick underneath, and tore off handful after handful of the sleek, cool-fleshed fruit. Che...
Jack Napier: Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier someplace else. Alicia: Pretty tough talk about Carl. Jack Napier: Don't worry about it. If this clown could touch Grissom, I'd have handed him his lungs by now. Alicia: If Grissom kne...
[Discussing a new prisoner who has to spend the night in the box] Dragline: He ain't in the box because of the joke played on him. He back-sassed a free man. They got their rules. We ain't got nothin' to do with that. Would probably have happened to ...
Dr Ray Stantz: [astounded] Wow! Talk about telekinetic activity, look at this mess! Dr. Egon Spengler: Ray, look at this. Dr Ray Stantz: Ectoplasmic residue. Dr. Egon Spengler: Venkman, get a sample of this. Dr Ray Stantz: It's the real thing. Dr. Pe...
Ron: There's no one like Krum! He's like a bird the way he rides the wind! He's more than an athlete! He's an artist. Ginny: I think you're in love, Ron. Ron: Shut up! George: [grabs one of Ron's hands and begins singing] Victor, I love you! Fred: [g...
Narrator: [singing a bomb drill ditty] Time to duck and cover, the bombs are comin' down. The radiation shower will pour throughout your town. Hands over your head; keep low to the ground. Time to duck and cover, the bombs are comin' down. Duck and c...
Keith: [Keith shows up out of the blue in chemistry class] Four test tubes, three beakers, and a bunsen burner. Mr. Miles: Yeah, okay, everything seems to be in order. Keys? [Keith hands him his key] Mr. Miles: Natalie? Key? [Natalie hands him her ke...
Gonzo: He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scr... [noticing the smudged window of Scrooge's office] Gonzo: Boy, this really *is* a dirty city! Rizzo the Rat: Heh, you're tellin' me! [Gonzo grabs Rizzo and uses him to wipe off the window pan...
Virginia McCain: [Virginia and Buster are driving along the mountain road] [Sarcastically] Virginia McCain: Well, this sure is fun. [She later takes her hand and lovingly rubs Buster's leg] Sheriff John T. 'Buster' McCain: [Buster is sensing what's g...
Lilia: Water, Noble One? Baka: No, wine... the wine of beauty. Lilia: What beauty can my lord find in these mud pits? Baka: A lotus flower blooms in the Nile's gray mud. Dathan, she will do well as a house slave. Lilia: Do not take me from my people!...
Rapunzel: [after releasing a branch that hits Hook Hand Thug on the head] PUT HIM DOWN! [Everyone stops and stares at her in disbelief] Rapunzel: Okay, I don't know where I am and I need him to take me to see the lanterns because I've been dreaming a...
We are earthbound creatures, Maggie had thought. No matter how tempting the sky. No matter how beautiful the stars. No matter how deep the dream of flight. We are creatures of the earth. Born with legs, not wings, legs that root us to the earth, and ...
There's something I have to say," I said seriously, looking her in the eye. She smiled. "Oookay." She was mocking me-mocking my tone-but I didn't care. "Okay. Here it is. I love you," I said. "And I never, ever wanted to hurt you. It's like, the numb...
Dr. Peter Venkman: [after capturing Slimer] We came, we saw, we've kick its ass. Hotel Manager: You've seen it? What was it? Dr Ray Stantz: We've got it. [Holds up the smoking ghost trap] Dr Ray Stantz: Sir, what we have here is what we call a non-re...
