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A piratical ghost story in thirteen ingenious but potentially disturbing rhyming couplets, originally conceived as a confection both to amuse and to entertain by Mr.… — Neil Gaiman
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large,… — Charlotte Bronte
Watch out, I have a large, very large fur, with which I could cover you up entirely, and I have a mind to catch you… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on… — John Steinbeck
Elizabeth sheathed her sword, knelt behind him, and strangled him to death with his own large bowel. — Seth Grahame-Smith
And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair… — Charles Bukowski
The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him. — Kate DiCamillo
Four billion people on this earth, but my imagination is still the same. It's bad with large numbers. It's still taken by particularity. It flits… — Wislawa Szymborska
Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the… — Thomas Jefferson
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks,… — Jeff Lindsay
A large section of the idling classes of England get their incomes by believing that Jesus was born of a virgin and that Jonah swallowed… — Upton Sinclair
Nobody tells her to shut up. It would be pointless. Amy has a large heart and an even larger mouth. When it rains, Amy rescues… — Kelly Link
The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been broken into a million pieces. — Robert James Waller
Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in. — Lilian Jackson Braun
By and large a good rule for finding out is this: the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work… — Frederick Buechner
The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger… — Howard Zinn
How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I… — Albert Camus
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Do you take pride in your hurt?' Samuel asked. 'Does it make you seem large and tragic? . . . Maybe you're playing a part… — John Steinbeck
I have never described this to you before, not so much, I don't think, from lack of truthfulness as that, just naturally, one is not… — Julio Cortazar
Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them. Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I… — Rabindranath Tagore
If at large gatherings or parties, or around people with whom you feel distant, your hands sometimes hang awkwardly at the ends of your arms… — Nicole Krauss
As I climbed up into the high old bed, the large fly in my personal ointment did the same. Had I actually told him he… — Charlaine Harris
I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some… — Haruki Murakami

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