"I thought if only I had a keen,……" — Sylvia Plath

"I thought if only I had a keen, shapely bone structure to my face or could discuss politics shrewdly or was a famous writer Constantin might find me interesting enough to sleep with. And then I wondered if as soon as he came to like me he would sink into ordinariness, and if as soon as he came to love me I would find fault, the way I did with Buddy Willard and the boys before him."

— Sylvia Plath

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People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog.… — John Jay Chapman
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Thus is Jesus in all respects fitted for his mighty work of redeeming. He is very man and very God.… — Horatius Bonar
A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth.… — Charles Spurgeon
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I don't believe that there's anyone in the world without a competitive bone in their body. — Shannon Miller
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