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...The simple little words came easily, fitting themselves to the tune that had come out of the harpsichord. It didn't seem to her that she… — Elizabeth Goudge
Cassidy's heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it was all very calm, very serene,… — John L. Parker Jr.
The man running toward me is not a man, he is a boy. A shaggy-haired boy with a crease between his eyebrows. Will. Dull-eyed and… — Veronica Roth
Beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It’s the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you see both… — Muriel Barbery
Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently. — Jacqueline Carey
Calvin: Trick or Treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised… — Bill Watterson
His dagger was out, poised at her throat. “Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life. — George R. R. Martin
For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt… — Yukio Mishima
Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her… — C.C. Hunter
Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest. Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with… — Sharyn McCrumb
a connotation of infinity sharpens the temporal splendor of this night when souls which have forgot frivolity in lowliness,noting the fatal flight of worlds whereto… — E E Cummings
Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the beach standing upright… — Robert Cormier
John flung himself into a pseudo-karate stance, one hand poised behind him and one in front, posed like a cartoon cactus. I thought for an… — David Wong
Now, aged 50, I'm just poised to shoot forth quite free straight and undeflected my bolts whatever they are. — Virginia Woolf
Love is all around you like the air and is the very breath of your being. But you cannot know it, feel its unfeeling touch,… — Barry Long
My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and… — Kristina McMorris
Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. — Robert Gottlieb
Way back in 2000, the EPA was poised, and, in fact, had drafted a rule, to specially regulate pollution - water pollution and other types… — Charles Duhigg
In 2007, Michael Grimm, former Marine, former FBI agent, accountant and attorney, was poised for success as a small business owner. Instead, as alleged, Grimm… — Loretta Lynch
He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion. — Harold MacMillan
Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. — Alexander Chase
I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated… — Bill Watterson
Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver… — Theodore Roosevelt
We really hate this fragile stage, when youre like a broken window thats been taped back together, poised to crash back to the floor as… — Superman
Higher income taxes are a razor guillotine poised to descend on the bare neck of prosperity. — Unknown Author

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