#rave

A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#bear #become #bigger #boy #empty

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ↗

— Elmer Davis

#free #home #land #long #only

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#around #aware #even #first #first time

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment. ↗

— Gail Devers

#disease #given #gland #graves #i

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

#confession #grave #keeps #own #punishment

Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. ↗

— Elizabeth Drew

#conversation #instead #lengthens #merely #mind

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive. ↗