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Asil has appointed himself my guardian?" asked Charles softly. Asil was overstepping himself. "He was bored, he told me," said his father. He gave Charles… — Patricia Briggs
People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world. — Patricia Briggs
In many college English courses the words â€œmythâ€ and â€œsymbolâ€ are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ainâ€™t no good unless you can… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated… — Suzanne Collins
When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time. — Randy Pausch
Law itself is either suspended, or regarded as an instrument that the state may use in the service of constraining and monitoring a given population;… — Judith Butler
Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast… — David Mitchell
Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever. — Tom Holt
There was a whole army of people who seemed not to have anything better to do than to try to disrupt her life, and ,… — Steig Larsson
For the moment, Iâ€™m just Daireâ€”a girl straddling two bloodlines. One I was givenâ€”one I must earn. — Alyson Noel
Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shapeâ€”and words help to define… — Jim Butcher
Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death… — Gail Carriger
When given the choice, weâ€™d all rather be happy now â€¦ even if that guarantees weâ€™ll all be sad later. — Chuck Klosterman
...sunlight is (life and day are)only loaned:whereas night is given(night and death and the rain are given;and given is how beautifully snow) — E E Cummings
A classic is the term given to any book which comes to represent the whole universe, a book on a par with ancient talismans. — Italo Calvino
I should have told You before talking in terms of Forever that any given day wears me out and works me sour, that there are… — Buddy Wakefield
The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life. — Jack London
Next year, Equality Now will celebrate - if thatâ€™s the word - will clock its twentieth year. Two decades of fighting the good fight, fighting… — Joss Whedon
I couldn't forget. I couldn't break. She had the power to break me. No one had ever been given that power, ever. — Abbi Glines
I dropped my phone on the floor and let the pain assail me. I'd given my heart away to someone who didn't want it. Even… — Abbi Glines

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