"To me, merely and pretty were words that……" — Gail Carson Levine
"To me, merely and pretty were words that had nothing to do with each other. Pretty went with miraculously, and merely belonged in another paragraph entirely."
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- Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to…
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- I was born singing. Most babies cry, I sang an aria.
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