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Soon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or… — Neil Gaiman
From in the shadow she calls. And in the shadow she finds a way, finds a way. And in the shadow she crawls, clutching her… — Tori Amos
Something about telling that story made my gut grow back together." What?" Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." That's who you really like. The people… — John Green
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not ready… — Bill Bryson
Work freely and rollickingly as though you were talking to a friend who loves you. Mentally (at least three or four times a day) thumb… — Brenda Ueland
But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was… — John Green
But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was… — Sylvia Plath
I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure… — Robert A. Heinlein
... when I saw any of those kinds of beauty I knew I was alive, and not just in the sense that when I hit… — Neal Stephenson
I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part… — Frederick Buechner
As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't. — John Gardner
All my life I'd been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine's thumb pressed in my hand, I realized… — Kathryn Stockett
The green thumb is equable in the face of nature's uncertainties; he moves among her mysteries without feeling the need for control or explanations or… — Michael Pollan
The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives… — Nicole Krauss
I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly… — Desiderius Erasmus
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But… — Jon Krakauer
Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. â€œOh my God, what is THAT?â€ I used my thumb… — Maggie Stiefvater
No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John — Nicholas Sparks
I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you."… — Tessa Dare

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