“Oft as by chance, a little while apart The pall of empty, loveless hours withdrawn, Sweet Beauty, opening on the impoverished heart, Beams like a jewel on the breast of dawn.” HeartLittlesHoursChanceBeautySweetEmptyOpeningDawnBreastsJewelsBeamLoveless Book:Alan Seeger: the complete works Source: Alan Seeger: the complete works
“The news of my pregnancy got out when I was in the middle of my first trimester. I hadn't even had a chance to tell my friends. That alone was so ugly. It made me hyper-protective ... I feel uncomfortable with people reading too much about my pregnancy or my relationship. It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect.” PeopleFeelsFirstsMadeReadingChanceToo MuchMiddleSweetNewsMy FriendsUglyUncomfortablePregnancyProtectiveHyper Author:Jennifer Garner
“When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in that sweet spot where you focus on making a good film and you have fun with your collaborators, but you don't waste your energy chasing approval every which way. When you have a vision and a good story and you've managed to raise funding, it is your approval as a director that everyone should be seeking. It's very simple.” ThinkingWayShouldStoriesFilmEnergyFunGoalChanceSimpleVisionFocusSweetDirectorsWasteRaisesSeekingSpotsHaving FunApprovalChasingFundingGood StoryCollaboratorsGood FilmsPleasing Everyone Author:Jennifer Phang
“Never again will we have this good a chance as we now have to find an enduring place for ourselves within the natural systems that keep us alive. It's a sweet spot in history. That's why this is such a critical time.” NaturalChanceAliveSweetEndureCriticalSpots Author:Sylvia Earle
“Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why, in the gratification of curiosities so feeble that the man is only half aware of them, in drumming of fingers and kicking of heels, in whistling tunes that he does not like, or in the long, dim labyrinth of reveries that have not even lust or ambition to give them a relish, but which, once chance association has started them, the creature is took weak and fuddled to shake off.” KnowsMenGivingYearsMindLongDoeEnoughStrongChanceSinHalfSweetCreaturesAmbitionWeakFingersCuriosityLustStealingShakesTunesOver ItAssociationVery StrongHeelsStrong EnoughGratificationKickingRelishLabyrinthDrearyBest YearReverieWhistlingDrummingScrewtape Letters Author:C. S. Lewis
“Westly, Westly, Westly, Westly, Westly,--darling Westly, adored Westly, sweet perfect Westly, whisper that I have a chance to win your love." And with that, she dared the bravest thing she'd ever done: she looked right into his eyes. He closed the door in her face.” DoneEyeFacesWinningChancePerfectDoorsSweetHis EyesDarling Author:William Goldman
“His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.” ThinkingWantFirstsPersonsMotherVoiceChanceResultsSweetMouthsAcceptableMolasses Book:Moon Called Source: Moon Called