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With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and… — Edith Wharton
One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn’t, and… — Nicole Krauss
Even facts become fictions without adequate ways of seeing "the facts". We do not need theories so much as the experience that is the source… — R. D. Laing
Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly, Bull had not.… — Kate DiCamillo
For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who… — Brandon Sanderson
As a matter of fact she does not know to this day if those words were spoken, or if he only caught her, wound his… — Alice Munro
Down the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the… — William Blake
Are you armed?" Oliver asked her. She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively held back. "No." "Lie to me again and I'll put… — Rachel Caine
Patch reached for my hand and pushed my dad's ring off the tip of his finger and into my palm, curling my fingers around it.… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The only expenditure, and all its outworkings, for which God can be held to be responsible is that which He directs. — Amy Carmichael
Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. — Lisa Kleypas
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. — Dorothy Allison
All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must… — Elizabeth Hoyt
Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-" “No.” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it.” Again, he lifted… — Jill Shalvis
Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it… — Jeannette Walls
And don’t worry.” Bob, Carter’s best man and colleague, held up a notebook computer. “I’ve got it handled on this end. And I memorized the… — Nora Roberts
The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or… — Hunter S. Thompson
I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anybody who stood between me… — Roger Zelazny
I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Finn, listen!" Trevanion said, his voice raw."I prayed to see you one more time. It's all I prayed for. Nothing more. And my prayers were… — Melina Marchetta
She stopped at the desk and held up a can for his view. "This looks like an ordinary hairspray can, right?" "Of course." he said… — Gena Showalter
Can you define "plan" as "a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance"? If so, it was… — Jonathan Stroud
What's the Future? It's a blank sheet of paper, and we draw lines on it, but sometimes our hand is held, and the lines we… — John Marsden
When we reach the hilltops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how shall we… — Charles Spurgeon
When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world… — Alice Sebold

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