It is the favourite stratagem of our passions to sham a retreat, and to turn sharp round upon us at the moment we have made up our minds that the day is our own.
Father, what are you to do now?” Triton’s sneer grew scarier. “She broke the law.” turning away from the terrified faces of his daughters. “She must die.
The very same thing, don't you see, may be looked at tragically, and turned into a misery, or it may be looked at simply and even humorously. Possibly you are inclined to look at things too tragically.
His (Paul's) entire personality within mutation. He was being turned inside out as he led Jesus light the recesses of his soul.
Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)
The native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; and enterprises of great pitch and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action.
Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart
It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me.
Funny how the most beautiful people in the world aren't always the types to gloss the covers of magazines and yet most people spend their lives trying to turn heads.
There was nothing better than the feel of a book in your hand, listening to the crinkling sounds as you turned its pages and the smell of its crisp paper.
It was ridiculous to think that twelve people could “turn off’ all their biases and prejudices and make a logical decision based on the evidence they were allowed to hear in the trial.
I quickly became aware that the phrase "it can only get better" could very quickly turn into "it could always be worse," because it was.
I have nothing to make me feel good, except for you. The last thing I want to do is turn you into my new drug of choice.
Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.
You hate him for turning you inside of yourself. You are still getting used to looking at your body in the light.
We're too different now. We want different things. And this?" I say nodding at our hands. "All this managed to prove is that you are extremely good at turning me off
When we take life for granted, we’re assholes. Every day we wake up and the world’s still turning- that’s a great day.
Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere.
My heart's with you, Bill, no matter how it turns out. My heart is with all of them, and I think that, even if we forget each other, we'll remember in our dreams.
Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
Good men are remembered for their friends. Great men are remembered for their enemies. The greatest men are those who turn their enemies into friends.
