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I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets… — William Shakespeare
When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected… — Ilona Andrews
Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. Tyrion smiled. Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you. I may kill… — George R. R. Martin
Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required… — John Flanagan
I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some… — Rick Riordan
The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally… — Douglas Adams
The opportunity was too perfect to miss. Harry crept silently around behind Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, bent down, and scooped a large handful of mud… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If one is to deal with people on a large scale and say what one thinks, how can one avoid melancholy? I don’t admit to… — Virginia Woolf
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. — A A Milne
I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do. — Robert Fulghum
At the root of every large struggle in life is the need to be honest about something that we do not feel we can be… — Deb Caletti
In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse… — Helen Keller
My breathing slowed. I shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. I… — Ruta Sepetys
In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to… — B.F. Skinner
Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, I’ve always said and I stand by it, whenever… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Whatever happened to him?" Silk asked. "He went swimming in the Nedrane." "I didn't know that Thulls swam all that well." "They don't–particularly not with… — David Eddings
They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes, I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Great things are wrought through simple and small things. Like the small flecks of gold that accumulate over time into a large treasure, our small… — M. Russell Ballard
No one really knows what mattresses are meant to gain from their lives either. They are large, friendly, pocket-sprung creatures that live quiet private lives… — Douglas Adams
The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large. — Mark Twain
I'm going to eviscerate you and leave your organs on a pike in the yard as a warning to those who wear large jewelry. — Libba Bray
Last year in the U.S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found... That's out of three hundred million, total… — Jim Butcher
Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies. — Neil Gaiman
Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley sweater, too!” Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X… — Bill Bryson

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