Like Gandalf, God knows the battle going on inside our hobbitlike selves, the wrestling match between the Baggins and the Took. The Baggins side of us takes our creature comforts for granted. We assume these comforts are part of the terms and conditi...
The Poem That Took The Place Of A Mountain There it was, word for word, The poem that took the place of a mountain. He breathed its oxygen, Even when the book lay turned in the dust of his table. It reminded him how he had needed A place to go to in ...
If it took me showing some warmth to get warmth in return, I'd do it.
You used," he said, and then took a sharp breath, "to call me Augustus.
I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry.
There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time.
I really admire Werner Herzog and Spike Lee. They're amazing documentarians. If you took away all the narratives, they'd just be amazing documentarians.
I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.
To understand the truth of everything, it took guts more than simply thinking.
With that, I took a deep breath and leapt; spreading my arms, pretending I could fly . . .
Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.
Being on the cover of a magazine with my son is the best thing ever. It took me 18 years to get my first cover, he gets one at 8 months.
I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.
I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office.
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
Around 7 years old, we girls took dancing lessons, joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts, the 4H Club.
I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.
