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There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone goes, 'Oh, that's… — Alain de Botton
They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares. — Joseph Conrad
I couldn't have spoken like this yesterday, because when we've been apart, and I'm looking forward to seeing you, every thought is burnt up in… — Edith Wharton
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed… — George Washington
He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair.… — Maggie Stiefvater
I don't wonder anymore what I'll tell God when I go to heaven when we sit in the chairs under the tree, outside the city........I'll… — Donald Miller
Now we'd known each other for two years, the side of my calf was touching his shins, and his stomach was against my ribs. He… — Nicole Krauss
We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships… — Thomas S. Monson
If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard; Still is the spoken word,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for… — Alistair Maclean
It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I well knew the rules to follow with our training Dogs: Speak when you're spoken to. Keep out of the way. Obey all orders. Get… — Tamora Pierce
It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler… — David Sedaris
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
He sighed deeply: to fall in love at first sight with this malodorous sleeping girl, with, as far as he could see, no pretensions to… — Betty Neels
It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one. — Patrick Rothfuss
Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud… — Anthony Trollope
I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising… — Arthur Schopenhauer
that's it - hundreds of texts and conversations, thousands upon thousands of words spoken and sent, all boiled down into a single line. is that… — David Levithan
No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the… — Blaise Pascal
I love you forever" didn't always need to be spoken to be understood. — J R Ward
You and I have spoken all these words, but for the way we have to go,words are no preparation. I have one small drop of… — Unknown Author
How could one sentence uttered in anger cause so much damage? But then words were the most powerful thing in the universe. Cuts and bruises… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You would kill or enslave everyone? There is so much beauty in the world that they’d destroy. How do you not see it? (Delphine) Spoken… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Now that I've met you and spoken to you and felt you and tasted you, I'm done. That's it. You're the end for me. — Christine Warren

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