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You're not built for riding, either," Horace added. "I'd say more saddle sore than homesick." Svenal sighed ruefully, shifting his buttocks for the twentieth time… — John Flanagan
Carney is like a graveyard where everyone already owns their plots and has built houses on top of them. — Holly Black
But of course there's no logic to San Francisco generally, a city built with putty and pipe cleaners, rubber cement and colored construction paper. It's… — Dave Eggers
Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside. — Mira Grant
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown… — Langston Hughes
It was true what Jim said, this wasn’t the end but the beginning. But the wars would end one day and Jim would come then,… — Jamie O'Neill
So Mo began filling the silence with words. He lured them out of the pages as if they had only been waiting for his voice,… — Cornelia Funke
The Temple of Dendur," Zia said. "Actually it was built by the Romans - " "When they occupied Egypt," Carter said, like this was delightful… — Rick Riordan
The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands of years.” “Yeah,”… — Rick Riordan
After everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life; one disappointing son and two suitcases. — Khaled Hosseini
....I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and a high standard… — Jane Goodall
If you ant to feel deeply, you have to think deeply. Too often we separate the two. We assume that if we want to feel… — Joshua Harris
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She looked like a… — Cassandra Clare
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature… — William Shakespeare
That is the trouble with happiness-all of it is built on top of something that men want. — Chris Cleave
You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that… — Truman Capote
Summer romances cometo an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than… — Harlan Coben
It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am… — Lisa See
Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can… — Steig Larsson
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the heartbreaking inability to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Branches grew from his hands, his hair. His thoughts tangled like roots in the ground. He strained upward. Pitch ran like tears down his back.… — Patricia A. McKillip
Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to… — Deb Caletti
Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the… — Thomas Merton
I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built to sustain, about… — Elizabeth Gilbert
This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world. — Haruki Murakami

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