Adoptions are wonderful when they are successful. There is no greater joy than that that comes from the union of child and parent. But not all adoptions make it; and when they do fall through, everyone loses. Divorce has been compared to death. The feelings of loss, grief, and failure can be over...
"People move from the darkness outside the house to the darkness inside". ... He speaks very passionately about Gary "who murdered innocent men in rage against the way life had robbed him of time and love, and who died when a volley of bullets tore his heart from his chest". One could argue that Gary's heart was already torn out by his father years before. ... Instead of joining his family, Mikal finds a dark beyond filled with nothing. ...
The first line spoken is "Life is full of decisions, some of the head, some of the heart." The last line is another reference to head and heart, "Vorsprung durch Technic. As both your head and heart would say". ... His face is gently lit up with darkness surrounding. ... As it enters a deserted city, darkness falls and it begins to rain. ...
Her father suffered a severe heart attack and underwent a triple bypass. He was diagnosed with hereditary heart disease, and it became a terrifying time for all of them. ... Slowly a dark void found its way into her heart and began to eat away her happiness. ... The dark void that gnawed insider of her began to fade, and a sense of balance and serenity returned to her soul. ...
Families deal with exchanges of the heart as well as health, happiness and safety. ... We die forever- With this, Antigone proved that her mind was made up and her heart was telling her that the burial of her brother was a necessity. ... My own heart has brought me from the darkness to final darkness. ...
" Don't you have a father?" a question that I had to oppose with everyday. Ever since I had developed a longing for a father, I had realized that one could not function without the presence of his father. Everyday I had to defy with all the criticisms that my own friends bestowed upon me. However, I...
So, I know when my mother praises me for something I did, I know, deep down in my heart, I did a great job. And naturally, a smile would materialize from the bottom of my heart. ... To me, my mum would be always ranked the first in my heart. ... " My mother has provided me with a source of light in my once dark tunnel, and I hope that I can have the honors to provide her the same way. ...
Briar Rose Book Review Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. ... Briar Rose is a novel with a very dark theme. ... A quote that depicts the dark theme of the novel is: ""Five thousand corpses?" ...
I tried my best to cover the bruise; however, it was impossible to hide the dark purple bruise that was under my right eye. ... I loved my mom with all my heart, and deep down inside I knew she loved me too. ... I opened the door; my mom was sitting there in the dark next to her window. ... "Margie I love you with all my heart and I would never do anything to hurt you. ...
Baldwin set the story in the heart of Harlem since he knew it well: Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent-which attitude certainly has a great deal to support it.... It is evident, Sonny and the narrator live in very different worlds, as the narrator describes: Yet, as the cab moved uptown through streets with seemed, with a rush to darkness with dark people, and as I covertly studied Sonny's face, it came to me that what we both were seeking through our separate cab windows was the ...
," I was in shock and my heart started to race because I had rarely heard my father's voice since he moved back to Santiago, Dominican Republic seven years earlier. ... The hospital smelled like it was full of dead people and it looked very old with this pale turquoise that was on every wall and dark green doors to every room. ... His sheets were so white and his skin looked darker than his normal complexion. ... I was hesitant to say something to him because it felt like my stomach dropped down to the ground, my throat was stinging from trying to hold back my tears, and my heart was beat...
Next to the single sink were six dark brown wood cabinets. ... This kitchen was indeed small in size, but we shared at heart so much love and made so many memories in that limited space. ... Grandma's kitchen will always hold a special place in my heart....
The fresh aroma of Mama's homemade biscuits causes us to leap up from our beds and race down the dark hardwood stairs that creak with each step we take. ... The rusty pulley made a ghastly whine as we hoisted the bucket up from the deep, dark seemingly endless black hole, where as a child, I was certain lived a troll. The well, made of dark, red, sandstone, brings back memories of working in the dusty fields with Daddy. ... The days of my grandmother are long since gone, but the special memories she has shared with me will live in my heart and mind forever, as long as I am able to drea...
It seems that O'Connor truly wishes to describe the story in such a way that the reader can feel the message in their own heart. ... The name gives the reader a feeling of darkness and death. ... The vehicle is dark and hearse like. ... The author effectively turns the reader's attention to the trees and mentions that they resemble a dark mouth waiting to consume the family. ...
"Meantime we shall express our darker purpose" (1.1.31) with this one sentence it is inevitable that the theme of this novel is dramatic drama. ... Lear is outraged by this, but gives Cordelia a chance to restate her case "But goes thy heart with this?" ...
Picture the family and community I came from Beijing, China. A happy family with me being the only child. My past thirteen years was living in the nurture home my parents built for me. I always childishly believed everybody in this world is as perfectly lucky as I am. Until one day my grandfather to...
This is a cold-hearted mother filled with resentment for her children and her husband. ... Addie was a cold-hearted mother in many ways. ... This is how this woman can be related to Kurtz from Heart of Darkness. ... Though Addie's cold heart, resentment of her family, and terrible concept of nothing left her with an unfortunate life I felt she deserved a more painful death. ...
He was a handsome and strapping young man, with thick, wavy, dark brown hair. ... His heart fluttered as it did that night so long ago. ... They struggled with money, but they loved with their whole hearts. ... Her smile isn't as full now; I can feel the emptiness in her heart. ... My heart hurts now. ...
The eggshell is brownish in color, and when the eggs are cooked, they appear to have a dark yellowish appearance. ... His main social support, his wife, passed away in 1976 of heart disease. ... Those killed in car accidents, homicides, or the nation's leading killer, heart disease, usually leave this world without saying any goodbyes. ...
I had dark chocolate hair halfway down my back with ruler straight bangs to my eyebrows. ... The first thing that happened was my wrist twisted causing a stabbing pain to run up my arm and to my heart. ... " I watched blood shoot out of my mouth with the beat of my heart. Through the slamming in my ears, which also was in time with my heart, I heard Chrissy screaming "Aunt Tammy [my mom] she's hurt!!...
The Yaya's in the novel are very spunky and could out-do any city folk, but they are Southern girls at heart suggesting that Rebecca Wells is too. ... Both always have been and always will be Southern girl at heart.... When she tells the reporter Vivi's mistakes she never means to bring dark clouds back, she simply admits that her mother was not as perfect as she appeared. ... Vivi knew in her heart that what she read in the newspaper article was true, but she had trouble admitting that she was not the perfect mother to her daughter. ...
Although Reva knew of her father's search for a proper husband, she couldn't help but fall in love with a young, strong, dark skinned farmer. ... It was a rainy and dark morning when Jains prepared to work on his farm. ... Reva felt her heart pounding hard in her chest, her mouth went dry, and the world around her went black. ...
Hero Standing on a blood-soaked carpet we look on. We look on to hope, victory and peace. And we see it shining in the distant end of a rainbow. All around us are bleak but we are strong. Our country needed us and we have not failed them. We have eradicated future terror. Today they will ...
The coffee trees on either side of the road had berries dark green plump with potential. ... The thrill I got in those rare moments when Indian traffic parted and my dad would open up that roaring engine making our backs press firmly against the back of the bucket seats would get my heart racing. ...
Although she describes him as " very kind, manly, [and] open-hearted" (Joyce 5), what Eveline knows about Frank is only what he tells her. ... Eveline's dark and dreary life makes it seem obvious that she would escape to a life of opportunity and newfound freedom. ...
