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but as he plodded along a vague and almost hallucinatory pall hazed over his mind; he found himself at one point, with no notion of… — Philip K. Dick
There are a hundred places where I fear To go, --so with his memory they brim! And entering with relief some quiet place Where never… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Yes, but I’ve already made my fortune in other things. (Solin) Such as? (Geary) Viagra. My brother learned to take a personal problem and profit… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of… — George Sterling
Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my life if I… — Jennifer Donnelly
God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any direction, is the… — William S. Burroughs
Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart. — Wole Soyinka
He recognized her despite the uproar, through his tears of unrepeatable sorrow at dying without her, and he looked at her for the last and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are… — George Orwell
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out… — Moderata Fonte
I could become a nun even if I am a non-believer. I'll learn to fake it like Nick did with me. I will minister the… — Rachel Cohn
But she did not take her eyes from the wheels of the second car. And exactly at the moment when the midpoint between the wheels… — Leo Tolstoy
Occasionally, very occasionally, say at four o’clock in the afternoon on a wet Sunday, she feels panic-stricken and almost breathless with loneliness. Once or twice… — David Nicholls
But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy,… — Siegfried Sassoon
Why do I always have to be the one who says 'stop'?" I demanded, my voice little more than a moan. "You don't. In fact,… — Rachel Vincent
And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look… — Hermann Hesse
The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is in some way… — Adrienne Rich
Comforting someone when they were stricken with loss was something else. It meant commitment. It meant caring. It meant you wanted to ease their pain,… — Cassandra Clare
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days during their early… — Helen Keller
Parallel to our vast strides in technology, there is a dangerous rise in unemployment, foreclosures, and degrading education. Millions of people are stricken with hopelessness… — Radhanath Swami
If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor little ear -… — Michael Leunig
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua… — Bible

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