“The difference between the almost right word and the ...
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” - Mark Twain
"As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning ...
"As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard." —La Maga in "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortázar
"Sun dogs fire on the horizon, meteor rains stars ...
"Sun dogs fire on the horizon, meteor rains stars across the night. This moment may be brief, but it can be so bright." ~Neil Peart, (Rush - Chain Lightning)
"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a lo...
"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone." — Hodding Carter
“The difference between the almost right word and the ...
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’ tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” — MARK TWAIN
"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation...
"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters." -- Frederick Douglass
"We had so little, yet we had so much: Thunder and light...
"We had so little, yet we had so much: Thunder and lightning at the lightest touch." Source: John M Ridland, 2011 (February), ‘Age looking back at its youth’, Poetry magazine.
“Life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to esca...
“Life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.” ― Chris Colfer, Struck By Lightning
Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, ...
Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars -- and yet they have done it themselves. Nietzsche
"The difference between the almost right word & the...
"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain