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  • Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.

    Ocean   Rich   Various  
    John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors”, p.254
  • Great old books of the great old authors are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have neither time nor means to get his own belief.

    Country   Book   Mean  
    "Lives of Northern Worthies".
  • Prophecy and prescience - How can they be put to the test in the face of unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What are the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of the knife?

    Blow   Knives   Decision  
    "Dune: The Gateway Collection". Book by Frank Herbert, 2012.
  • I learned that everyone makes mistakes and has weaknesses and that one of the most important things that differentiates people is their approach to handling them. I learned that there is an incredible beauty to mistakes, because embedded in each mistake is a puzzle, and a gem that I could get if I solved it, i.e. a principle that I could use to reduce my mistakes in the future.

    Life   Mistake   People  
  • December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond summer sympathies ensnared; Nor from the perfect circle of the year Can even winter's crystal gems be spared.

    Summer   Winter   Years  
    Christopher Pearse Cranch (1875). “The Bird and the Bell: With Other Poems”, p.191
  • He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.

    Light   Shining   Void  
    Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.193, Simon and Schuster
  • And these gems of Heav'n, her starry train.

    Jewelry   Train   Gems  
  • I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key of that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourself.

    Mom   Mother   Prayer  
  • Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.

    Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.184, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles of earthly streams.

    Ocean   Pebbles   Streams  
    "Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne: Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee".
  • Not the brightest gem in the jewelry shop, but you've got to admire his single-minded dedication to drug abuse.

    Dedication   Drug   Abuse  
    John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.39, Penguin
  • Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find that rich seam of colourful stones, you will have to chip through dirt and rock. You will have to learn how to hold rubble in your hands and see the fortune inside.

  • Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you that all that I am, all that I possess, including this gem-stone, is yours. I need you. I can't do this alone. Forget your memories. Look into your heart. And if you can find somewhere there, some lingering spark of trust that owes naught to reason, I beg you to speak the word written here.

    Memories   Heart   Needs  
  • What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of gems; and of leaves they have so many suits that they can throw them away to the winds all summer long. What unnumbered cathedrals has He reared in the forest shades, vast and grand, full of curious carvings, and haunted evermore by tremulous music; and in the heavens above, how do stars seem to have flown out of His hand faster than sparks out of a mighty forge!

    Summer   Nature   Stars  
    Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.59
  • Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity.

    Joy   Gems  
  • How many a thing which we cast to the ground, When others pick it up, becomes a gem!

    Casts   Gems   Picks  
    George Meredith (1862). “Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside: With Poems and Ballads”, p.73
  • The beauty of having a studio is I can go in and record any time I want to, so you can always put down your ideas or whatever. You use your voice recorder and, you know, take your voice notes down and just preserve all the little jewels and gems when you're in there, putting that song together.

    Song   Ideas   Voice  
    "Big Boi Welcomes Us to the World of Luscious Left Foot". Interview with Dave Maher, pitchfork.com. August 4, 2008.
  • All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee; All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem; In the core of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the sea; Breath and bloom, shade and shine,- wonder, wealth, and-how far above them- Truth, that's brighter than gem, Truth, that's purer than pearl,- Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe- all were for me In the kiss of one girl.

    Girl   Truth   Heart  
    Robert Browning (2012). “Browning's Shorter Poems”, p.95, tredition
  • Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.

    Earth   Buried   Expenses  
  • With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the tangle of great statesmen and national culture he discovers conflicting regional political interests, sharp regional variations in political capacity, fearful defenses against excessive democracy, coercive conquest of weak states, and unintended consequences galore. Read, think, and learn.

  • The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.

    Leonard Cohen (2014). “Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen”, p.355, Omnibus Press
  • The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth in the gloaming Than gold won by mining, So why go a-roaming? O! Tra-la-la-lally Come back to the Valley.

    Stars   Moon   Fire  
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.

    Jewels   Hands   Gold  
    'Irish Melodies' (1807) 'Rich and rare were the gems she wore'
  • If you are not living with a whole heart now, the end of the world poses no threat; your life is already gone. Life is only as valuable as our presence to enjoy it. To miss the beauty of the moment because you are preparing to protect yourself from the next one, is to trade a precious gem for a cheap trinket.

    Heart   Missing   Gone  
  • Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.

    FaceBook post by Thich Nhat Hanh from Mar 30, 2016
  • Along with some of the worst music of Bob Dylan's career ("Self-Portrait," 1970), this period produced some gems - including many songs recorded with The Band in '67 but not released until years later.

    Song   Self   Years  
    Source: www.thedailybeast.com
  • With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.

    Fun   Regret   Book  
  • To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves.

    Song   Writing   Pluck  
    Etheridge Knight (1980). “Born of a woman: new and selected poems”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
  • Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. And every sand becomes a gem Reflected in the beams divine; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

    Eye   Science   Blow  
    'MS Note-Book' p. 7
  • Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description.

    Flower   Moving   Bird  
    William Henry Hudson (2010). “Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest”, p.111, The Floating Press
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