#sun

I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#came #certain #eagerly #forward #free

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow. ↗

— Paul R. Ehrlich

#asked #decision #give #national #rise

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ↗

— George Eliot

#had #hear #him #like #risen

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#courage #form #humans #i #i think

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#ago #disappeared #had #hands #happened

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#bodies #hit #keeping #occupy #off

Training is full-on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are always horrible. But who really looks forward to going to work on a Monday morning? ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#always #bed #days #forward #full-on

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#choose #giver #god #had #i