This is one of the charms of the desert, that removing as it does nearly all the accessories of life, we see the thin thread of necessities on which our human existence is suspended.
I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.
Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.
Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.
God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.
We still have prostitutes standing on our corner, and people crapping round the back of buildings. The charms are still there.
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society. " "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one.
When I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll eat Lucky Charms cereal. I like having sugar when I'm in that mood.
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
The moon's a powerful mistress. She can reach through any wall or covering and work her wicked charms.
The future will be gorgeous and reckless, and words, those luminous charms, will set us free again.
I have mastered many things in my life. Navigating the streets of London, speaking French without an accent, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms. . . " Tessa stared. "Alas," he went on, "no one has ever actually referred to me as 'the master,' or 'the magister,' either. More's the pity.
Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, all melodies the echoes of that voice, all colours a suffusion from that light.
The stage is like an addiction. Since singing and dancing had been my dreams all this time, I fall even more into those charms every time I’m on stage. These days I get the urge to make the audience go crazy.
It is one of the great charms of books that they have to end.
I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that just charms the socks off of people.
On the cliffs of your wild cat charms I'm riding.
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
