“Who has not seen that feeling born of flame Crimson the cheek at mention of a name? The rapturous touch of some divine surpriseFlash deep suffusion of celestial dyes: When hands clasped hands, and lips to lips were pressed, And the heart's secret was at once confessed?” HeartFeelingsHandsNamesBornSecretDivineLipsFlamesCheeksCelestialCrimson Author:Abraham Coles
“How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?” MenWorldDoeMadeFallBornDealsSecretDangerousBirthAngelWingsExtremesBetrayalCompromiseCrewTranslationsFusionNewnessGuillotine Book:The Satanic Verses Source: The Satanic Verses
“The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being. Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent, but it has a definite and purposeful strength, alike in its material and spiritual life.” WayArtSpiritualArtistBornSecretExistenceMaterialsArt IsGainsMysteriousWorks Of ArtSpiritual LifeDefiniteCasual Book:Concerning the spiritual in art Source: Concerning the spiritual in art
“In the Jewish Quarter [Judengasse] was I born and educated; until my fifteenth year, they tried to beat the Talmud into me. My teachers were inhuman beings [Unmenschen], my colleagues were bad company, inducing me to secret sin; my body was frail, my spirit raw.” YearsBodySpiritBornSinSecretCompanyTeacherBeatsEducatedQuartersColleaguesFrailInhumanBad Company Author:Moses Hess
“I'm waxed clean - hairless as the day as I was born. But don't say 'Tia has no pubic hair.' That's so clinical. Use a nice euphemism. Say 'She's mowed her secret garden' or 'She's cleared the way to the Promised Land.' Because that's what it is, right?” WayUseBodyBornSecretNiceLandHairGardenCleanClinicalsEuphemismPromised LandSecret GardenPubic HairTias Author:Tia Carrere
“I think my love for books sprang from my need to escape the world I was born into, to slide into another where words were straightforward and honest, where there was clearly delineated good and evil, where I found girls who were strong and smart and creative and foolish enough to fight dragons, to run away from home to live in museums, to become child spies, to make new friends and build secret gardens.” ThinkingWorldNeedsChildrenBookEnoughHomeRunningGirlFightingEvilFoundStrongBornSecretCreativeHonestSmartGardenFoolishGood And EvilDragonsMuseumsRunning AwaySpySlidesStraightforwardNew FriendsAway From HomeSecret Garden Author:Jesmyn Ward
“The only thing which can keep journalism alive - journalism, which is born of the moment, serves the moment, and, as a rule, dies with the moment - is - again the Stevensonian secret! - charm.” MomentsDiesBornSecretAliveJournalismCharm Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.” PeopleWantKindReasonWantedBornSecretComedyBandMy FriendsGuitarComedianArchitectPursuedVeterinarian Author:Tig Notaro
“My dad once told me that the secret to a happy life was never to start something with a girl unless you were willing to follow wherever it led. It's the best piece of advice he has ever given me, and probably the reason I was born.” ReasonGirlGivenBornSecretPiecesAdviceWillingDadMy DadHappy Life Book:Rivers of London Source: Rivers of London