The aim of science is not things themselves, as the dogmatists in their simplicity imagine, but the relation between things.
You've never in your life seen a horse run so fast! He's all power-all beauty.
His mane was like a crest, mounting, then falling low. His neck was long and slender, and arched to the small, savagely beautiful head. The head was that of the wildest of all wild creatures- a stallion born wild- and it was beautiful, savage, splendid. A stallion with a wonderful physical perfection that matched his savage, ruthless spirit.
I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?'
Imagination can help you reach into the heavens to grasp an idea, bring it down to earth, and make it work.
I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?' I've been writing about a subject I love as long as I can remember--horses and the people associated with them, anyplace, anywhere, anytime. I couldn't be happier knowing that young people are reading my books. But even more important to me is that I've enjoyed so much the writing of them.
Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them
We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
There isn’t anything good to say about Kick-Ass 2, the even more witless, mirthless follow-up to Kick-Ass.
When an unconquered country is conquered, people are killed. . . . That the beloved of the Gods finds very pitiful and grievous. . . . If anyone does him wrong, it will be forgiven as far as it can be forgiven. . . . The beloved of the Gods considers that the greatest of all victories is the victory of righteousness.
Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely.