“It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for my English birthright, freely to partake of these beautiful books, and speak the truth I find there.” HeartSaidBookSeemsBeautifulReadingSpeakHeavenRoomsGraceTablesGratefulRoundsBritishMuseumsReverenceSpeak The TruthBirthrightBritish MuseumBeautiful BooksReading Room Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
“If thou art beautiful, and youth and thought endue thee with all truth-be strong;--be worthy of the grace of God.” IfsArtBeautifulStrongBeautyGraceYouthTruth IsArt IsWorthyTheeGrace Of God Book:The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth
“Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the south and east oriels - are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.” TwoBeautifulGraceFlowerWindowSouthEastArchitectureDelicateSurprisingExecutionFinestScotlandGothicLightnessArchesGothic Architecture Book:Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff Source: Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
“Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, enslaving and destructive.” NeedsLooksSometimesBeautifulDarkSinGraceDangerousDestructive Author:Paul David Tripp
“For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitat of your heart.” FeelsHeartBeautifulWishForgetGraceBirdSlaughterHabitat Author:Maggie Nelson
“I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.” BelieveWellsStillsLastsBeautifulLife IsPurposeGraceJourneySingingExcitingTribesTroubadours Author:Yip Harburg
“And the earth under your feet, the rain over your face upturned, the stars spinning all around you in the brazen glory: this is for you, you, you. These are for you-gifts-these are for you-grace-these are for you-God, so count the ways He loves, a thousand, more, never stop, that when you wake in the morning you can't help turn humbly to the east, unfold your hand to the heavens, and though you tremble and though you wonder, though the world is ugly, it is beautiful, and you can slow and you can trust and you can receive each moment as grace.” WorldWayMomentsHelpingHandsEarthBeautifulFacesTurnsHeavenStarsWonderMorningGraceFeetThousandGloryRainUglyEastOver YouYour FaceSpinningBrazen Author:Ann Voskamp
“That's the words: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" - which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane, it was this little hole in the wall, amazing, beautiful stuff - "back to the floor that I love, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was."” LittlesBeautifulStuffRoomsGraceFlowerWallPaperClothesStoresHolesClothingsAirplaneSan FranciscoGypsyVelvetDowntownLaceSlickI'm BackVelvet UndergroundAmazing BeautifulPaper Flowers Author:Stevie Nicks
“Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.” BeautifulJoyGraceLaughterGrace Of GodLiberated Author:Karl Barth
“0 beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!” YearsHumansDreamAmericaBeautifulCitiesGraceSeaTearsShiningTheeBrotherhoodCrownsShedPatriotGleam Author:Katharine Lee Bates
“40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and compassion and he plots like a demon. This book has it all-unforgettable characters, beautiful language, throat-constricting suspense.” WritingBookCharacterBeautifulLanguageCompassionNovelGraceStyleCrimeSorrowBrilliantSuspenseDemonPlotThroatFinestUncommonBluntUnforgettableCrime Novels Author:Jonathan Kellerman
“Marian Palaia is a writer of startling grace and sensuous lyricism - reading her, you feel as if you've never heard language this beautiful and this true.” IfsFeelsBeautifulReadingLanguageGraceHeardSensuous Author:Jonis Agee