Fragmentary Blue Why make so much of fragmentary blue In here and there a bird, or butterfly, Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye, When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue? Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet)-- Though some sav...
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity th...
Twas now the very witching time of night, When churchyards groan, and graves give up their dead, And many a mischievous, enfranchised sprite Had long since burst his bonds of stone or lead, And hurried off, with schoolboy-like delight, To play his pr...
Meltwater (from the book Blue Bridge) Up here. A face Loses its lines I look to see The colour of your eyes … They have turned To water. I lean forward To catch The scent of your hair – All I smell is heather. I touch your hand And all I feel is ...
Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me an...
There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when oth...
Books aren’t made in the way that babies are: they are made like pyramids, There’s some long-pondered plan, and then great blocks of stone are placed one on top of the other, and it’s back-breaking, sweaty, time consuming work. And all to no pu...
What makes us human depends on what place on our evolutionary path we're talking about. If you go back six million years ago, what makes us human is that we were walking upright. That's all. If you go to 2.6 million years ago, it's the fact that we'r...
Most Christians believe that Jesus IS God, that Jesus is the same jealous and angry God that abhorred homosexuals and condemned them as "an abomination." He is the same deity that gave instructions on how to beat slaves and the same divine Creator th...
Vinny Forlano: He won't talk. Stone is a good kid. Stand-up guy, just like his old man. That's the way I see it. Vincent Borelli: I agree. He's solid. A fuckin' Marine. Americo Capelli: He's okay. He always was. Remo, what do you think? Remo Gaggi: L...
Ryan Stone: C'mon Matt, talk to me. Tell me where you are, give me your position. Where are you? Give me a visual, tell me what you see. C'mon, you've been yammering since we left Cape Canaveral, *now* you decide to shut up? Talk to me! Just say some...
Xenophilius Lovegood: [draws a line] The Elder Wand, the most powerful wand ever made. [draws a circle] Xenophilius Lovegood: The Resurrection Stone. [draws a triangle] Xenophilius Lovegood: The Cloak of Invisibility. Together, they make the Deathly ...
Ron: What do they think they're doing, keeping a thing like that locked up in a school? Hermione: You don't use your eyes, do you? Didn't you see what it was standing on? Ron: I wasn't looking at its feet! I was a bit preoccupied with its heads... or...
Ron: I'm Ron by the way, Ron Weasley. Harry: I'm Harry. Harry Potter. Ron: So... so it's true! I mean, do you really have the... the... Harry: The what? Ron: [in a hushed tone] The scar? Harry: Oh. [shows him the scar on his forehead] Harry: Yeah. Ro...
Oliver Wood: Scared, Harry? Harry: A little. Oliver Wood: That's all right. I felt the same way before my first game. Harry: What happened? Oliver Wood: I, uh, I don't really remember. I took a bludger to the head two minutes in. Woke up in hospital ...
Draco Malfoy: You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. You don't wanna go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there. [he holds out his hand, which Harry doesn't take] Harry: I think I can tell t...
Draco Malfoy: Wait 'til my father hears about this! This is servant's stuff! Harry: If I didn't know any better, Draco, I'd say you were scared. Draco Malfoy: I'm not scared, Potter! [howling noise] Draco Malfoy: Did you hear that? Harry: [calls the ...
Hagrid: If that dolt of a cousin of yours, Dudley, gives you any grief, you could always, um, threaten him with a nice pair of ears to go with that tail of his. Harry: But, Hagrid, we're not allowed to do magic away from Hogwarts. You know that. Hagr...
Hermione: Ron, you don't suppose this is going to be like... *real* wizard's chess, do you? Ron: [looks around] You there, D5! [one of the giant black pawns crosses the board, the white pawn smashes it with a violent blow] Ron: [swallows] Yes, Hermio...
Dudley Dursley: [on Dudley's birthday] How many are there? Uncle Vernon: 36, counted them myself. Dudley Dursley: 36! But last year, last year I had 37! Uncle Vernon: Yes, yes, but some of them are quite a bit bigger than last year. Dudley Dursley: I...
[showing Harry the Golden Snitch] Harry: I like this ball. Oliver Wood: Ah, you like it now. Just wait. It's wicked fast, and damn near impossible to see. Harry: What do I do with it? Oliver Wood: You catch it, before the other team's seeker. You cat...
