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This afternoon held that special quality of mournful emptiness I've connected with late Sunday afternoons ever since childhood: the feeling of having nothing to do. — Margaret Atwood
Oh, if I had had a friend at this moment, a friend in an attic room, dreaming by candlelight and with a violin lying ready… — Hermann Hesse
The Indian danced on alone. The crowd clapped up the beat. The Indian danced with a chair. The crowd went crazy. The band faded. The… — Robert Fulghum
He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free… — Gail Carson Levine
Amy felt her phone vibrate. She held it up. It was from Ian. DON'T ASK THE PRICE OF ANYTHING. DON'T SMILE. DON'T SAY "DO YOU… — Judy Blundell
I held my breath as we do sometimes to stop time when something wonderful has touched us... — Mary Oliver
I never met a man half so true as a dog. Treat a dog right, and he'll treat you right. He'll keep you company, be… — Mary Ann Shaffer
I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars,… — David Mitchell
Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds. — Janette Rallison
You turned your head to look at me. Your eyes looked so big in your face, so mysterious — wide and flickering like a butterfly-wing… — Francesca Lia Block
I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you," she said quietly. "Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only" He… — Nora Roberts
I meant it, Claire,' he said quietly. 'My life is yours. And it's yours to decide what we shall do, where we go next. To… — Diana Gabaldon
As if to build a fence around the fatal emptiness inside her, she had to create a sunny person that she became. But if you… — Haruki Murakami
I picked up my mocha and stood. The cup was still almost half-full, but I didn't want it anymore. Besides, it was now luke-warm. Which… — Jenna Black
A girl half my age swept by and slammed two giant tankard filled with beer on the table. Ragnvald held his up. I smashed my… — Ilona Andrews
But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth. — John Knowles
Have you noticed how easily the very young die? They make the best martyrs for any cause, the best soldiers, the best suicides. It's because… — Tana French
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever.… — Nicolas Bouvier
His hand took hold of hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. I… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you… — Julia Child
Then I perceived, what I had never thought, that all these staring houses were not alike, but different one from another, because they held different… — Lord Dunsany
The touch was exactly what the touch of a lover's hand should be: familiar, yet exciting as a whispered promise. I felt an almost irresistible… — Gregory David Roberts
and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the… — Andrea Gibson
If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long. — Hayley Williams

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