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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. — Edgar Allan Poe
In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time.… — Abraham Lincoln
We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection — Robert A. Heinlein
...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony. — Richard Yates
Unless the perfidious wolves have the temerity to disobey the High King's plans, we should meet Shalhassan's forces by the Latham in mid-wood with the… — Guy Gavriel Kay
I made a circular motion with my finger around my temple to indicate I thought this guy was crazy, forgetting that there was no one… — John Swartzwelder
...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't… — Mark Z. Danielewski
...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that delights in trying… — Marcus Luttrell
I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and… — Judy Blume
The Simi is environmentally sound. Eat everything except for hooves — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread… — John Henry Newman
I've developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than… — Marilynne Robinson
I was the subject of an experiment in love. I lived my life under her gaze, undergoing certain trials for her so that she would… — Hilary Mantel
Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung — Pearl S. Buck
And before you barrel through some idiotic Cosmo girl list of how-well-do-you-know-your-man questions, let me say that I don't know squat about him except that… — Kristin Hannah
It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself. — Kate DiCamillo
Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment. — Frank Herbert
Infinite is a meaningless word: except â€“ it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. — Louis Zukofsky
Felicity," Mrs. Featherington interurupted, "why don't you tell Mr. Brdgerton about your watercolors?" For the life of him, Colin couldn't imagine a less interesting topic… — Julia Quinn
I have never done anything except write, but I don't possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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