Czeslaw Milosz quote: "At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are."

I just stare at the floor or whisper to my friend about anything.
NICK LAPORTA

Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waitin...
ISAAC MARION

Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder-and turn quickly to my typewriter.
SYDNEY J. HARRIS

I see you are looking at my feet," he said to her when car was in motion.
"I beg your pardon?" ...
J.D. SALINGER

My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.
PAULA MCLAIN

Kristen Stewart is kind of captivating; she can just stare at stuff and it works because I still wan...
JOSS WHEDON

I love it when you stare at me but my arrogance is entirely your fault.
BRENT M. JONES

When I stare at the sky, I see you. When I stare out into the ocean, I see you. When I'm looking a...
ANONYMOUS

I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.
K.A. TUCKER

That first day was a devastating scene. People were crying; they couldn't find words [to express the...
JEFF FADNESS

I look at my paintings for a very long time before letting them out of my studio. I like to get on t...
SEAN SCULLY

We had our hearts set on the NCAA. When they finished announcing the selections, we all just continu...
DOMINIQUE DUCK

I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the st...
ANTON CORBIJN

The problem with the treadmill is I just don't know what to do in my head. You either stare at t...
JAMIE BAMBER

The hours go by so quickly, as I just stare at her.
TOM CRUISE

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.
KRISTIN HERSH

My role? Stare at her and don't worry about where the ball is.
AMBER CUNNINGHAM

I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I did...
GABRIELLE APLIN

Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up on rooms w...
WILLIAM SAROYAN

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than ...
JACK WHITE

The music cuts out and suddenly my breathing sounds really loud. It also seems to amplify his whole ...
SARAH ALDERSON

They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! ...
AHMED ABU

They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! ...
AHMED OMAR ABU ALI

Stories of Fantasy are nothing more than the retelling of our own triumphs and sad, sad tragedies .....
TOD LANGLEY

I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.
CECILY VON ZIEGESAR

When I went down to Carolina, probably the biggest shock was when I went to the movies, they had an ...
DOUG MOE

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
BIBLE

Then the nurse did turn to glance, and then stare—actually stare—at me. His look made me feel as...
RIVKA GALCHEN

There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Ah, much deluded! lay aside
Thy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
JOHN MILTON

When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

It was terrifying at times. One of my first fires I went into at the academy -- and this was control...
JOAQUIN PHOENIX

I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the ...
R.L. LAFEVERS

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? W...
STEVE CARELL

I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents....
TED DEUTCH

You can never really know where exactly people are looking at! At the place they are staring at? Or ...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN

Did you ever face Death and let it stare back at you right in the Eyes? ☥
LUIS MARQUES

Are you not going to talk? Just sit there and stare at me like a creeper?"
Aiden cracked a half...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.
CORY DOCTOROW

Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms w...
MARGARET CHITTENDEN

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happenin...
STEVE CARELL

After a minute, I look up and the boy named Leo is staring at me. I stare back, but he doesn´t look...
MIA SHERIDAN

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to the...
ANNA HELD

And everyone saw me. Tobias saw me.

I hear footsteps. Tobias marches toward me and wrench...
VERONICA ROTH

I literally used to stare at my face in the mirror with hate and anger. I'd focus on those gigan...
STEPHANIE BEATRIZ

Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I ...
OMARI HARDWICK

In the courtroom for the last six months, I didn't see much emotion at all. When I looked over there...
GREG BERATLIS

There are no mirrors of any kind in here. If there were, I’d want to smash them, but I wouldn’t....
RASMENIA MASSOUD

From age 16 on, I found school boring and failed A-level Physics at my first attempt. This was neces...
RICHARD J. ROBERTS

If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

I've loved Danielle Spencer since 1989 - that's never going to change - and that's one o...
RUSSELL CROWE

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back wi...
ANGELINA GRIMKE

I didn't think i could possibly love another baby as much as I loved the one I'd already had," I con...
JODI PICOULT

I've seen the effect of this on my daughter. I just know this is working at the ground floor level.
BRIAN KENNY

I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around...
ROSA PARKS

I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place i...
DAVID ALAN BASCHE

I used to get my hair dyed at a place called Big Hair. It cost $15. They just used straight bleach, ...
AMY POEHLER

Look, did you ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare at me like I was something i...
CASSANDRA CLARE

I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circle...
LAURA ANDERSON KURK

I stare at your lips
and fall in love with the way
they form what you say.
TYLER KNOTT GREGSON

A short while later, as I stare down at the bodies of the six men I have just killed, I cannot help ...
ROBIN LAFEVERS

Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the St...
JOHN GREEN

Eli abruptly stands. His chair rocks, then hits the floor. “It means Mom’s mental stability was ...
KATIE MCGARRY

This is our first year of operation, and because it's less than two months, it's kind of hard to say...
JEANIE KAHNKE

There are moments in life where I wonder whether things can get worse. I'm on a plane, with my new h...
CHRISTINA LAUREN

Because I wouldn't want to die alone," I said, and my voice wobbled as I looked at Tamlin again, for...
SARAH J. MAAS

Don't say it. Don't say nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. Don't tell me it doesn't m...
JODI PICOULT

I'm not here to grant you the extraordinary love you never had for yourself. I'm here, on my own acc...
KAMAND KOJOURI

The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I...
ETHEL WATERS

I was just angry at my mom, ... I don't know if it was because they broke up, but I used to argue wi...
GREG ODEN

I gave her my deluxe I'll-Kill-You-Later stare.
RICK RIORDAN

I stare mesmerized at the photo
that you have sent,
pushing your child on the swing... VIJAYA GOWRISANKAR

I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curio...
PENN BADGLEY

I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream, you got your head in the clouds you're...
FIONA APPLE

The operator doesn't have to stare at the screen and guess.
BRIAN ANDREW

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who ar...
SONAKSHI SINHA

When people ask me where my roots are, I look down at my feet, and I see the roots of my soul graspi...
RUDOLFO ANAYA

When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey...
LINUS TORVALDS

My career only took off because of one football game. I thought it was funny. 'Playboy' call...
PAMELA ANDERSON

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK

I have had much experience with the unclean and uncivilized in the recent past. Shall I tell you wha...
G. WILLOW WILSON

[Then came Sydney. Crushed by the weight of expectations (] When I arrived here today, I was crying ...
HICHAM EL GUERROUJ

don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it ...
JODI PICOULT

We didn’t-?” I whisper, my mouth drying in mortified horror as I can’t complete the question. ...
E.L. JAMES

Life is not compassionate towards victims. The trick is not to see yourself as one. It's never too l...
C. JOYBELL C.

I could be ordering ham at the deli, and someone will turn around and look at me and kind of stare. ...
RUTINA WESLEY

I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with -...
GARRY SHANDLING

Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the St...
JOHN GREEN

Jacob: "Let her stare."
Terra: "What?"
Jacob: "Yeah most of the starers are just curious. ...
JUSTINA CHEN

I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST

I don't really understsand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs
JOHN ELDER ROBISON

Are you just gonna stare at Jack or are we gonna go?" Milo asked, poking his head into the bedroom.
AMANDA HOCKING

If you want to freak your cat out, stare at your cat. If you want to reassure your cat, stare at you...
WALTER MURCH

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical ske...
MONTEL WILLIAMS

Look guys, if you're just going to stare at me, I'm going to bed!
ELVIS PRESLEY

There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire and ...
CHARLIE BROWN

I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than...
NEIL GAIMAN

I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyo...
JAY-Z

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

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At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

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