Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
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Jesus, in fact, was typical of a certain kind of fanatical young idealist: at one moment holding forth, with tears in his… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
And now, I’m going to sleep. I’ll see you in the morning, he said to Simon. “You,” he said to Jace, “well,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But my last conscious thought was an image of Prince Char when he'd caught the bridle of Sir Stephan's horse. His face… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
What are they waiting to see?" Sam follows my gaze and I shrug. "Who knows? You could always do a dance, or… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
What did you do?” I mumble. He is just a few feet away from me now, but not close enough to hear… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
His eyes shone when he looked at her, green as spring grass. He has always had green eyes, said the voice in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Why?" asked her companion. "Why do you love him when you ought not to?" Edna, with a motion or two, dragged herself… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to silhouette his hawklike… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her… — William Blake Copy Share Image
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. It was a terrible gaze, mad or maybe furious and… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the headlights of the car were bright enough for them to see Mae's outfit quite clearly. "Oh my God," said Nick,… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
One of the things in the Mary Shelley [Frankenstein] is that the creature tells his story, so this begins with the creature's… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Okay, okay, backing off. Um, I suppose this would be a bad time to ask you to talk to Pete for me,… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
Jem always said that Will rushed toward the end of a mission rather than proceeding in a measured manner, and that one… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Burns from dropped matches, Ms. Lane? Matches one might have dropped while flirting with a pernicious Fae, Ms. Lane? Have you any… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There… — T. H. White Copy Share Image
It was the wife, John thought. And she was giving this tough guy a tongue-lashing. And the man was taking it. "Okay.… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Since Martin Luther closed his eyes, no such son of our people has appeared again. It has been decided that we shall… — Bernhard Rust Copy Share Image
Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball… — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
But should we continue to linger amid a scene so featureless and wild, or venture adown some yawning opening into the abyss… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
Does he think to scare me? Arya kissed him where his nose should be and plucked the grave worm from his eye… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
His eyes are blue, and blue eyes up close are a celestial phenomenon: nebulae as seen through telescopes, the light of unnamed… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his… — D. A. Fisher Copy Share Image
Perhaps someone will have seen mine, the one I’m waiting for, just as I saw him, in a ditch when his hands… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
Wooo!’ he said, slamming his shot glass down and coughing a bit. ‘That’s good stuff.’ I agreed heartily. ‘Shall we do another… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
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