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The soul is an irrational, indivisible equation that perfectly expresses one thing: you. The soul would be no good to the devil if it could… — Joe Hill
Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of it,… — Monique Truong
Charlie took my hand and, in a symbol as old as the world, placed it in Edwardâ€™s. I touched the cool miracle of his skin,… — Stephenie Meyer
It seems to me to be true that heavens are placed in the sky because it is the unreachable. The unreachable and therefore the unknowable… — Zora Neale Hurston
It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth… — Stephen R. Lawhead
Angry grizzly bears are going to look tame next to what is waiting for you at home." I snapped the phone shut and placed it… — Stephenie Meyer
What can you ever really know of other people's souls â€” of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole of creation… — C.S. Lewis
When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block,… — Henry Ford
What's this about?" "Finally. Interest," was the only response. "If this is one of your tricks..." Like the time Torin had ordered hundreds of blow-up… — Gena Showalter
The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are… — Cormac McCarthy
In your palms, Iâ€™ve placed my life, my secrets. I give you freedom to leave me at any time. Iâ€™m not easy to love. No… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Conrad placed on the title page an epigraph taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene: "Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre,… — Joseph Conrad
I held out the painting of the cat and the snake. â€œItâ€™s a cat and a snake,â€ Thoth said. Thank you, god of wisdom. You… — Rick Riordan
Stars arenâ€™t supposed to cry. Theyâ€™re supposed to laugh. (Zarek) How can I laugh when I have no heart? (Astrid) You have a heart. (He… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did. — Susanna Clarke
(At the back of the cave, Phoebe placed her hand against one of the stones where a spring release opened an elevator door. Chris gave… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees and… — Ruskin Bond
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetitesâ€¦in proportion as they are more… — Edmund Burke
I felt like I was some kind of primitive spring-loaded machine, placed under far more tension than it had ever been built to sustain, about… — Elizabeth Gilbert
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers… — Khalil Gibran

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