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You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom. — Nick Cave
Fang and I searched in every way we could think of and found a million institutes of one kind or another, in Manhattan and throughout… — James Patterson
He glanced back at the wall. How like a mirror, too, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know who reflected your own… — Ray Bradbury
The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing, no one waiting… — Kate Morton
You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally… — Ai Yazawa
He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Faythe…?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched… — Rachel Vincent
Knowing I wasn't going anywhere, I frantically searched for some way to help her. A dark figure caught my eye. "Christian!" I yelled. He'd been… — Richelle Mead
As the three of them walked home from the trees, nobody needed to say it, but Ama knew. They had questioned their friendship. They had… — Ann Brashares
It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive. — Lisa Kleypas
She took kisses like so many coats of paint […] how long and how vainly I searched for excuses which might make her amorality if… — Lawrence Durrell
Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence in favor of… — Bertrand Russell
Suffering is an oxymoron. There is unfathomable peace and satisfaction in suffering for Christ. It is as though you have searched endlessly for your purpose… — Ted Dekker
How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved… — Diana Gabaldon
Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance… — Victor Hugo
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends… — Maya Angelou
Several times I asked myself, "Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it… — Leo Tolstoy
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place… — Rachel Caine
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then… — Shel Silverstein
In the end, only Leif believed that you were still alive. He thought you might be hiding somewhere, playing a game. As the rest of… — Maria V. Snyder
Your woe hath been my anguish; yea, I quail And perish in your perishing unblest. And I have searched the highths and depths, the scope… — James Thomson
She searched the truth with an anguish almost as great as her terrible fear of finding it . — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Valkyrie walked to the back door, which hadn't been closed properly, shut it and locked it. There was now a baby in the house, after… — Derek Landy
It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened.… — Timothy Keller

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