#ear

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. ↗

— Henry Adams

#calling #divinity #effort #every #every man

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#learn #learnt #nothing #only #the only thing

Though the task of opening those doors is in no means difficult, Andria finds herself unable to move her shaking legs, as her ankles tremble in her crystal heels, and her fingers, holding gently onto the length of her gorgeous gown, terribly shake in step with the beat of her precious, precious heart. ↗

— Hannah Nikka Bryan

#apprehension #door #fantasy #fear #fiction

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget. ↗

— Aaliyah

#audience #began #forget #fun #get

I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away. ↗

— Willie Aames

#after #away #come #five #i

Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse. ↗

— Willie Aames

#better #god #heart #mate #pray

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love. ↗

— Willie Aames

#bible #claim #get #getting #god

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#before #doubted #guys #hear #i

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#ceaseless #colonial #come #courageous #decades

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#book #corner #curl #dusty #habit