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Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The point is not for women simply to take power out of menâ€™s hands, since that wouldnâ€™t change anything about the world. Itâ€™s a question… — Simone de Beauvoir
I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though… — Gaelen Foley
In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on… — Henry David Thoreau
Donia asked incredulously. â€œWhat were you doing?â€ â€œThe day had just begun, and we were dancing,â€ Aislinn said. â€œDancing?â€ Donia looked at the Summer Queen… — Melissa Marr
The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are… — Fernando Pessoa
I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we… — AndrÃ© Aciman
The missing crowds make you lonely. You begin to complain about all the people you could be meeting. But no one listens or sympathizes with… — David Eagleman
This is how I feel, I can't name it straight out but it seems important, do you feel it too?-- this sort of direct question… — David Foster Wallace
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to. — Peter Jackson
Even Alexia, spinster that she was, was given an allowance large enough to dress her to the height of fashionâ€” although she did tend to… — Gail Carriger
A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor. — Sean Covey
... all good things beyond sleep come precisely because we defy gravity while we live. — Dan Simmons
To be sure, man's search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental… — Viktor E. Frankl
But it was for your own good.â€ â€“ Nick â€œSoâ€™s the spanking Iâ€™m about to give you.â€ â€“ Cherise â€œIâ€™m too big to spank.â€ â€“… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the… — Paulo Coelho
America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The… — William S. Burroughs
I was a man of the earth, precisely as I had dreamed I would be. — Jack Kerouac
You compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask… — Frederic Bastiat

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