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Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yet—never, until this wet, horrible morning, when she wakened to the fact that she was twenty-nine and unsought by any man. Ay, there lay the sting. Valancy did not mind so much being an old maid. After all, she thought, being an old maid couldn’t possibly be as dreadful as being married to an Uncle Wellignton or an Uncle Benjamin, or even an Uncle Herbert. What hurt her was... L. M. Montgomery
The Chinese enjoyed the grim spectacle of death, Jim had decided, as a way of reminding themselves of how precariously they were alive. They liked to be cruel for the same reason, to remind themselves of the vanity of thinking that the world was anything else. J. G. Ballard
Jean Valjean watched these ravages with anxiety. He who felt that he could never do anything but crawl, walk at the most, beheld wings sprouting on Cosette. Victor Hugo
Bruno Mars quote: "You know I'd do anything for you."
You know I'd do anything for you. Bruno Mars
Charles Bukowski quote: "If there's anything worse than a whore it's a bore."
If there's anything worse than a whore it's a bore. Charles Bukowski
Jeff Buckley quote: "I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves"
I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves Jeff Buckley
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out. Erica Jong
If you don’t have a dog--at least one--there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. Vincent Van Gogh
Leonard Cohen quote: "If you want a lover. I'll do anything you ask me to. And if..."
If you want a lover. I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love. I'll wear a mask for you. Leonard Cohen
Whilst never actually rebuffing a visitor, he always reared such a wall of reserve that few could think of anything to say to him which would not sound inane. H. P. Lovecraft
Suzanne Collins quote: "You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done..."
You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together. Suzanne Collins
I felt ashamed."But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?"No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal."But how could you help that?"Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help? C. S. Lewis
It is indeed a grim door,' said Tirian. 'It is more like a mouth.' 'Oh, can't we do anything to stop it?' said Jill in a shaken voice. 'Nay, fair friend,' said Jewel, nosing her gently. 'It may be for us the door to Aslan's country and we shall sup at his table tonight. C. S. Lewis
I will not say that everything was utterly commonplace, becuase I doubt if anything can be that, except to utterly commonplace people - and there my vanity steps in... Charles Dickens
In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking about anyone, even in the worst calamity. For really to think about someone means thinking about that person every minute of the day, without letting one’s thoughts be diverted by anything- by meals, by a fly that settles on one’s cheek, by household duties, or by a sudden itch somewhere. But there are always flies and itches. That’s why life is difficult to live. Albert Camus

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