Her cheeks burned; a strange new life was in all her veins. – Amelia E. Huddleston Barr, A Rose of a Hundred Leaves: A Love Story, 1891 Category: Being in Love
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide Category: Columbus Day
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams Category: Desires
Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family. – Thomas Bowdler Category: Censorship
One does what one is; one becomes what one does. – Robert von Musil, Kleine Prosa Category: Philosophical
