"Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears."
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"It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing."
"You are the light of the world. Shine, and darkness will disappear."
"The forehead of every work must shine from afar."
"Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on."
"No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within its bosom, stirred not at all, but lay in a motionless content, each in its own old station, shining on gloriously forever."
"To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand."
"If that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine, I'm a break that birdie's neck."
"I once drew a picture of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. But I put it away after a Feng Shui expert told me about the bad vibes"
"Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are. To me that's what being a star means."
"Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail."
"Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine."
"If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut."
"He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are."
"I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine, I'm more interested in people."
"The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than from the hilltop."
"The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable."
"The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed."
"The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul."
"Make hay while the sun is still shining."