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As we walked, I began to wonder what the opposite of molting was and why, unlike the body, which sheds everything, the soul cannot let… — AndrÃ© Aciman
A moment later Jonathan’s body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. “Don’t let them spread silly rumors about me, or make… — Richard Bach
I began to measure things in absence instead of presence. — Marya Hornbacher
Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most young people do,… — Gene Wolfe
As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving… — Ernest Hemingway
I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it.… — A A Milne
She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back… — Ian Mcewan
When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began. — Rita Mae Brown
And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories. — Paulo Coelho
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to… — A A Milne
For with my intuition I knew that this man was repeating a pattern over and over again: courting a woman with his intelligence and sympathy,… — Doris Lessing
Don't think about what you've left behind" The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "If… — Paulo Coelho
I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person. — Cary Grant
Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people… — Charles Bukowski
My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich,… — Augusten Burroughs
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am… — William Wordsworth
galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello.… — Jack Kerouac
A heartless hand on my shoulder A push and it's over Alabaster crashes down Six months is a long time Tried living in the real… — Steven Morrissey
And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous… — Khaled Hosseini
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. — Hunter S. Thompson
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved… — Harper Lee
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her… — Amy Hempel
It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow. — William Faulkner
17. The self ended and the world began. They were of equal size, commensurate, one mirrored the other. 18. The riddle was: why couldn't we… — Louise GluÌˆck
She had fallen in love so many times that she began to suspect she was not falling in love at all, but doing something much… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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