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Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; His form was bent, and his gait was… — George Arnold Copy Share Image
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O thanks be to the great God I got somebody to give me what I badly wanted to put some heart up… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
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Who would have thought something that happened that long ago could have such power? — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I don't make heritage visible and the strength of mother tongue important for my grandchildren, it scares me that they might… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
“In no instance were large gobs of similar copy quoted…and after all, why should the most successful columnist in the business take… — R. Scott Williams Copy Share Image
“The popular culture has also lowered the threshold on public shaming rituals. It is not only suppressing certain speech on college campuses,… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
Variations: II Green light, from the moon, Pours over the dark blue trees, Green light from the autumn moon Pours on the… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
“It was a well-known fact that keeping track of time was not Parry Pretty's forte...If time were Parry's pet, it would have… — S.J. Musgraves Copy Share Image
Sold my soul long ago, nothing left to choose. I will follow Satan. Dancing in the dark. — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
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Flora, always tall, had grown to be very broad too, and short of breath; but that was not much. Flora, whom he… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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“Another reason Hawthorne set his story in the past (in lies) was 'cause he couldn't say directly all the wild things he… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“Wait long enough, and what was once mainstream will fall into obscurity. When that happens, it will become valuable again to those… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a musical actually. My background is in music. I have a bachelors in music. I thought that I… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
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They, who passed away long ago, still exist in us, as predisposition, as burden upon our fate, as murmuring blood, and as… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
