“Check this out,” Nine says. He holds up a small purple stone and then places it on the back of his hand. The stone slides into his hand—through it. Nine turns his hand over just as the stone pops out in his palm. “Pretty cool, right?” he asks me, waggling his eyebrows. “Uh, but what is it supposed to do?” Eight asks, looking up from his own Chest. “I dunno. Impress girls?” Nine looks over at me. “Did it work?” “Um . . .” I hesitate, trying not to roll my eyes too hard. “Not really. But, I’ve seen guys teleport so I’m kind of hard to impress.” “Tough crowd.” TryingLooksKindHardHandsEyeGuyTurnsGirlAsksToughStonesCrowdsPopsEightNineChecksAsk MeChestsImpressPalmsPurpleEyebrowsSlidesImpress A Girl Author:Pittacus Lore
“The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown.” YearsHardFallBirdStonesGhostGrievingAutumnDepartedFall SeasonMapleAutumn LeavesOctober And FallFalling LeavesNovember PoemsFallen Leaves Book:A Child's Calendar Source: A Child's Calendar
“Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie And life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball.” HardLyingDiesFallBreakTaughtFlowStonesBreak UpEx BoyfriendCannonballs Author:Damien Rice
“How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone? Become earth, that you may grow flowers of many colors. For you have been heart-breaking rock. Once, for the sake of experiment, be earth!” ShouldHeartMayHas BeensHardWisdomEarthGrowsCompassionRocksColorFlowerSpringGardenStonesSakeExperimentsHeart Breaking Author:Rumi
“A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, in the constitution of this earth, or for the permanency of the land on which we dwell, and when he finds that there are means wisely provided for the renovation of this necessary decaying part, as well as that of every other, he then, with pleasure, contemplates this manifestation of design, and thus connects the mineral system of this earth with that by which the heavenly bodies are made to move perpetually in their orbits.” WellsMayMeanMadeHardBodyEarthMovingScienceInterestPleasureStudyLandSubjectsRocksDesignStonesConstitutionPhilosopherManifestationHeavenlyContemplatingGeologyOrbitMineralsRenovationHeavenly Bodies Book:Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations Source: Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations
“It would indeed be a great delusion, if we stated that those sports of Nature [we find] enclosed in rocks are there by chance or by some vague creative power. Ah, that would be superficial indeed! In reality, those shells, which once were alive in water and are now dead and decomposed, were made thus by time not Nature; and what we now find as very hard, figured stone, was once soft mud and which received the impression of the shape of a shell, as I have frequently demonstrated.” IfsLifeMadeHardRealityWould BeScienceSportsWaterNatureChanceCreativeAliveRocksCreationShapesStonesImpressionDelusionShellsVagueSuperficialMudCreative Power Author:Agostino Scilla