It is impossible for a Parisian to resist the desire to flick through the old volumes laid out by a bookseller. [ ]
Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.
Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.
moments of something this good, this unexpected and off his usual path, they always dredged up old shit, like somehow happiness came with sorrow as its anchor.
And when there is the possibility of peace, a new fight erupts, based on an old complaint, and which some people call justice adn others madness.
You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories fabricated by man and then exaggerated over time.
What’s going on?” he demanded. “The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.
My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need to damn well get a job!
Most of the girls I've met since moving here have failed to ignite any modicum of enduring interest. Of course, I've dated; I'm seventeen years old and as horny as the next guy.
That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of magazine.
Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.
The old world told men merely about to live and to die. Today men think about defeating death and resurrection.
She'd secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she'd fallen for him hard.
Resting on the roots of this old oak I lean back against his knotted trunk, shine my granny smith on my sleeve And ponder the days…
I am here, come closer,” the old donkey said with her eyes. “I will mother you.
Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them.
You get to be about eleven or twelve and everything's old hat. They've drummed the miraculous out of you, but you don't want it to be like that. You want the miraculous. You want everything to still be new.
Old friend,' said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. 'If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.
When you’re with a girl, it’s always best to act like you’re an old hand at everything—not to impress her, but just to make sure she feels safe.
A war that includes four-year-olds with AK 47s is a war that no one can win — been if some men... go home victorious.
I'm at a camp with over 100 girls 11 to 13 years old, around my own age, and I feel like my parents are my only friends. -Mackenzie
