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Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something. — Ernest Hemingway
A chaos of mind and body - a time for weeping at sunsets and at the glamour of moonlight - a confusion and profusion of… — T.H. White
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that… — John Keats
The two circled around the back of the house, making sure that nobody saw them. Once inside, they found Patrick right where they had left… — D. J. MacHale
To feel forever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live… — John Keats
The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit… — Ansel Adams
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's… — John Keats
I actually grew fond of her in a nastily superior kind of way. For she was so completely artless and optimistic and clueless, she didn't… — Peter Cameron
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a… — Carson McCullers
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet… — Abraham Lincoln
We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the… — Emma Goldman
Sophia and Grandmother sat down by the shore to discuss the matter further. It was a pretty day, and the sea was running a long,… — Tove Jansson
Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but......I… — Bryan Davis
Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. "If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare mutely at the… — Patrick Rothfuss
Any messages for me?" Usually I got one or two, but mostly people who wanted my help preferred to talk in person. "Yes. Hold on."… — Ilona Andrews
My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear. — Ann Aguirre
We even talked like Hemingway characters, though in travesty, as if to deny our discipleship: That is your bed, and it is a good bed,… — Tobias Wolff
a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff — Jennifer Egan
Savory...that's a swell word. And Basil and Betel. Capsicum. Curry. All great. But Relish, now, Relish with a capital R. No argument, that' the best. — Ray Bradbury
It was thought, perception, sensations that interested her, the conscious mind as a river through time, and how to represent its onward roll, as well… — Ian Mcewan
We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that… — Ann Aguirre
Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever watched… — Becca Fitzpatrick
In the instant before the door opened, I could almost sense my life expanding just like a river whose waters have begun to swell; for… — Arthur Golden
I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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