#were

I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#beings #haunted #hotels #human #human beings

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth. ↗

— William John Wills

#freely #given #pervert #powers #rare

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. ↗

— John Woolman

#chiefly #could #indians #lodged #meet

When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing. ↗

— Judith Wright

#barely #creative #deeply #empty #engaged

There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#come #excite #going #i #interesting

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#army #assemblage #brigades #fighting #force

Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves. ↗

— Peter Lewis Allen

#believed #brought #even #had #however

Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished. ↗

— John Gray

#empowered #feel #men #motivated #needed

I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#college #doctor #expected #father #go

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#childhood #come #deal #dickensian #did