“Dear little head, that lies in calm content Within the gracious hollow that God made In every human shoulder, where He meant Some tired head for comfort should be laid.” ShouldHumansLittlesMadeLyingComfortTiredCalmDearShouldersContentmentHollowGracious Book:The Poems of Celia Thaxter Source: The Poems of Celia Thaxter
“One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one channel, there's a group of young people competing for I don't even know; and on the next, there's a group of young people fighting in an actual war. I was really tired, and the lines between these stories started to blur in a very unsettling way. That's the moment when Katniss's story came to me.” PeopleKnowsWayWarMomentsStoriesRealityYoungLyingNightFightingNextLinesGroupsTvsBedProgramTiredCompetingSurfingOne NightCoverageBlurReality TvKatniss Author:Suzanne Collins
“We walk up the beach under the stars. And when we are tired of walking, we lie flat on the sand under a bowl of stars. We feel stretched, expanded to take in their compass. They pour into us until we are filled with stars, up to the brim.” FeelsLyingStarsWalksWalkingFilledTiredBeachSandFlatsBowlsCompass Book:GIFT FROM THE SEA Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA
“Conversation is the wall we build between ourselves and other people, too often with tired words like used and broken bottles which, catching the sunlight as they lie embedded in the wall, are mistaken for jewels.” PeopleUsedLyingBrokenWallConversationTiredBottlesSunlightMistakenJewelsCatchingEmbedded Book:Faces in the water Source: Faces in the water