Fairy tales Quote by Shannon Noelle Long

““Once upon a time there was a man with no heart. Drifting through black-and-white life, caring naught for those hurt, and never, ever allowing another near enough to hurt him. Until, on the least likely day, the most unlikely place, the man with no heart met the most surprising person. He was fearless. He was strength and power. He wore his heart boldly on his sleeve. The man with no heart began, shockingly, to feel a movement in his breast. A stretching, a slow, steady beat...””

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“Put that thing down, girl. Don't you know it steals part of your soul, that little mechanical masterpiece you hold so frivolously? Don't you know it's not just mine it seals into its gears and trick mirrors, but yours, too. What you feel at this moment, what you hope for, what your dreams are, what you think your future will…

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“While gently pushing her towards the dressing room, Lazarus ventured, "Can I ask you something kind of personal?" Pulling her shirt over her head behind the curtain, and holding her hand out for the corset, she replied, "Anything for you, Laz." "How are you still friends with him?" "Can you hook this thing?" Holding the corset on her stomach, Lazarus…

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“It wasn't so much that Lola Plum believed she'd learned her lesson in love. Lola Plum was just realistic about life.”

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“Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things. He believed that the stars in the sky were only ghostly images of dead things. He…

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“What was it you told me, Jesus?” she asked him softly. “Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain.…

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Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time.

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