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I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed… — Eudora Welty
I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. ~Song of the… — Lisa Ann Sandell
Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the… — Lisa Ann Sandell
When he whom I love travels with me or sits a long while holding me by the hand, … Then I am charged with untold… — Walt Whitman
It should begin with friendship, I think. Suddenly I cannot look at him. It should begin with friendship and truly knowing who a person is,… — Lisa Ann Sandell
The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors. It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.' Come in, come in,' the… — William Goldman
And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass. — John Christopher
I have a similar affection for the parenthesis (but I always take most of my parentheses out, so as not to call undue attention to… — Sarah Vowell
Once or twice a day, I am enveloped inside what I like to call the Impenetrable Shield of Melancholy. This shield, it is impenetrable. Hence… — Sarah Vowell
Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's… — Nicholas Sparks
I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just… — Yann Martel
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive… — Abraham Lincoln
Sheep are not the docile, pleasant creatures of the pastoral idyll. Any countryman will tell you that. They are sly, occasionally vicious, pathologically stupid. The… — Joanne Harris
I came in haste with cursing breath, And heart of hardest steel; But when I saw thee cold in death, I felt as man should… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
But as the scissors snip-snapped through her hair and the razor shaved the rest, she realized with a sudden awful panic that she could no… — Jane Yolen
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. — Mahatma Gandhi
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand. — Nhat Hanh
Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither… — Oscar Wilde
I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live… — Alison Goodman
I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was… — Garth Stein
I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter. — Dawn Powell
But Kate, dost thou understand thus much English? Canst thou love me?" Catherine: "I cannot tell." Henry: "Can any of your neighbours tell, Kate? I'll… — William Shakespeare
Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me… — Joss Whedon
Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it,… — Twyla Tharp

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