...there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root gro...ws old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant. But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When he bit that bud of her lower lip,... she started, shook a finger, arched her brow, and hissed, "Leave me alone, you fool," her eyes narrowing into slits. Whoever kisses such a haughty woman wins the drink of immortality. Those idiot gods churned the ocean for nothing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives... the right to dream.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And yet no greater, but more eminent, Love by the spring is grown;... As, in the firmament, Stars by the sun are not enlarged, but shown, Gentle love deeds, as blossoms on a bough, From love's awakened root do bud out now.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged fee...t and serve him for a horse.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You first have an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the pl...ant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. It is vain to hurry it. By trusting it to the end, it shall ripen into truth, and you shall know why you believe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if nobody tried to find out what lies beyond? You neve...r wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud, and what changes a darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things--what eternity is, for example--I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So near to paradise all pairing ends: Here loveless birds now flock as winter friends,... Content with bud-inspecting. They presume To say which buds are leaf and which are bloom.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »