Consider the road, long and forked as the Devil’s own tongue. Consider the Devil, burning every bridge; Placing in every tree a black bird. In every bird a black thought.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?
See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.
There are tree main bulwarks of defence against new thoughts: to pay no heed, to give no credence, and finally to assert that it had already long existed.
Nothing stays forgotten for long, Elly. Sometimes we simply have to remind the world that we're special and that we're still here.
It’s not that I wanted to die . I just wanted to go to sleep for long enough for my life to find some meaning again.
As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.
A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.
Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that.
You can’t argue with a stupid, ignorant person, no matter how long you stand in the mirror.
I make love like my afternoon shadow is long. I'll bring the foreplay, if you bring the guacamole. (Yes, I know there is a 99-cent upcharge.)
I wrote you a love letter, and I sent it snail mail. Love is forever, and that’s about how long it’ll take to get to you.
She forgot my name, so either I’m not important or she has amnesia. I wonder how long she’s suffered from dementia.
I measured the length of my hand today, and just as I thought, it’s exactly as long as my other hand. I was so excited I started clapping.
You do it how you can do it, so long as it's getting done, you're okay.
How could I, who loved life so intensely, have let myself be entangled for so long in that balderdash of books and paper blackened with ink!
As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.
At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It's a gift.
I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer.
The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going t...
To be a poet is as serious, long-term and natural as the effort to be the best human you can be. To express something well is not a question of having a top-class education and understanding poetic forms: rather, it's a question of paying attention.
