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Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My… — Edgar Allan Poe
His eyebrows drew together. He was perilously close to unibrow; I guess nobody had held him down and administered a good plucking to the caterpillar… — Lilith Saintcrow
Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow." Her voice held a smile. "So am I — Carrie Vaughn
A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a… — Jim Butcher
I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours… — Ayn Rand
I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism. — Iain Banks
The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because… — William James
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would… — Brandon Mull
Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth… — Walter Dean Myers
My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.… — Theodore Roethke
More poignant for us, at Laetoli in Tanzania are the companionable footprints of three real hominids, probably Australopithecus afarensis, walking together 3.6 million years ago… — Richard Dawkins
And in a small house five miles away was a man who held my mud-encrusted charm bracelet out to his wife. Look what I found… — Alice Sebold
I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held… — Unknown Author
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free. Where the world has not been broken up into… — Rabindranath Tagore
So everything we believe about happiness is wrong," I said. He nodded. Everything?" I asked, when what I meant was, Everything? Including you? Including me?… — Megan McCafferty
A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the… — John Greenleaf Whittier
If you were lucky, very lucky indeed, there were one or two people in your life who you could tell the unvarnished truth too, shell… — Julia Gregson
We got off at the next exit, quietly, and, switching drivers, we walked in front of the car. We met and I held him, my… — John Green
Hold still," my father would say, while I held the ship in the bottle and he burned away the strings he'd raised the mast with… — Alice Sebold
Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin… — Maggie Stiefvater

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