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And I will now rock the brown basin from side to side so that my ships may ride the waves. Some will founder. Some will… — Virginia Woolf
What makes the voice pathetic is that it doesn't know what kind of people it's reaching. Us. No one hears it, except us. This Age… — Tony Kushner
Except for when I was very little and thought that being an "engineer" meant he drove a train. Then I imagined him in the seat… — Nicole Krauss
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled. — Charles Spurgeon
I met Pendragon when I made the journey to the far desert. He is from the tribe known as...as..." Loor was scrambling. Bokka didn't know… — D. J. MacHale
He sighed and then focused his eyes right on me. It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. There was nothing in the world… — Richelle Mead
There have been hermaphrodites around forever, Cal. Forever. Plato said that the original human being was a hermaphrodite. Did you know that? The original person… — Jeffrey Eugenides
We came to the comforting conclusion that the Creator probably knew how to run His universe quite as well as we do, and that, after… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A moment of funny silence fell, probably not noticeable to anyone except Dimitri… — Richelle Mead
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally… — Harry S. Truman
I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that… — Sam Savage
There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree… — Betty Smith
If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except that little point which the world and the… — Martin Luther
She hopes for nothing except fine weather and a resolution. She wants to end properly, like a good sentence. — Zadie Smith
You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you.… — Oscar Wilde
The lapse of ages changes all things - time - language - the earth - the bounds of the sea - the stars of the… — Lord Byron
Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling. — Oscar Wilde
We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be an affront, and perhaps any memory, as well. — Javier MarÃas
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. — John Bunyan
My father had not been outside the house except to drive back and forth to work or sit out in the backyard, for months, nor… — Alice Sebold
I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one. An inch. It's small and it's fragile and it's the only thing… — Alan Moore
Women can always put things in fewest words. Except when it's blowing up; and then they lengthens it out. — Charles Dickens
My boy, that was a TV show. I used a stunt double. I always use a stunt double. Except in love scenes. I insist on… — William Shatner
If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been… — George Orwell
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain very moderate amount… — Bertrand Russell

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