"We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, the trees that are broken, and start again, drawing up from the great roots." — Robert Bly, American poet, born 1926
"Every part of you that you do not love will become hostile to you." — Robert Bly, American poet, born 1926
"It will be readily admitted that brown tints have never coursed beneath our skin; it will be discovered that yellow shines forth in our flesh, that red blazes, and that green, blue and violet dance upon it with untold charms, voluptuous and caressing." — Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter, born 1892
"To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere." — Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter, born 1892
"Your eyes, accustomed to semi-darkness, will soon open to more radiant visions of light. The shadows which we shall paint shall be more luminous than the highlights of our predecessors, and our pictures, next to those of the museums, will shine like blinding daylight, compared with deepest night." — Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter, born October 19, 1892
"I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere." — Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor, born 1958
"Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first." — Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor, born 1958
"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." — Paul Boese, American writer, born 1923
"The terrible beast, that no one may understand, came to my side, and put down his head in love." — Louise Bogan, American poet, born 1897
"A thousand kindnesses do not make up for a thousand blows." — Louise Bogan, American poet, born 1897
"Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it. That's why I'm always suspicious of people who talk too much about either." — Humphrey Bogart, American actor, born 1899
"I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me." — Humphrey Bogart, American actor, born 1899
"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results." — Wade Boggs, American baseball player, born 1958