The piles were a lot bigger than his hole was deep.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.
In presence of the Moon nobody sees stars.
I used to be a cool chick but I'm not anymore.
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
Arise, my love, let us try to set these ashes on fire again!
Dreams become regrets when left in the mind, never planted in the soil of action.