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There was her face, like a summer peach, beautiful and warm, and the light of the candles reflected in her dark eyes. [He] held his… — Ray Bradbury
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for… — Barbara Kingsolver
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even… — Graham Greene
...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I… — Haven Kimmel
In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was… — Sherwood Anderson
Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the… — Oscar Wilde
In A Glass of Cider It seemed I was a mite of sediment That waited for the bottom to ferment So I could catch a… — Robert Frost
Sometimes I look back and I am shocked. Everyday of my life I have prepared for success, worked for it, waited for it, and you… — Monica Ali
He could not feel her near him in the darkness nor hear her voice touch his ear. He waited for some minutes listening. He could… — James Joyce
Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend. — Kate Braverman
He told people that their sins were forgiven, and never waited to consult all the other people whom their sins had undoubtedly injured. He unhesitatingly… — C.S. Lewis
So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. — Zora Neale Hurston
God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our… — Mother Teresa
When they separated, the freckleless spot between Pete's eyes was bright red. Before anything else could be said or done, May grabbed her bike and… — Maureen Johnson
You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'?… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her. — Zora Neale Hurston
And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in… — Dylan Thomas
Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. — Karen Joy Fowler
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what… — Amy Tan
I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never… — E L Konigsburg
The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present. — Jonathan Safran Foer
There was a deliberate voluptuousness that was both thrilling and repulsive. And as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal… — Bram Stoker
I had fallen in love. What I mean is: I had begun to recognize, to isolate the signs of one of those from the others,… — Italo Calvino
Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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