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Remembering the ball became for Emma a daily occupation. Every time Wednesday came round, she told herself when she woke up: 'Ah! One week ago...two weeks ago...three weeks ago, I was there!' And, little by little, in her memory, the faces all blurred together; she forgot the tunes of the quadrilles; no longer could she so clearly picture the liveries and the rooms; some details disappeared, but the yearning remained. Gustave Flaubert
Alexander offered him (Aristotle)a hand to mount the gangplank, andtried the effect of a smile. When the man returned it, it could be seen thatsmiling was what he would do best; he would not often be caught withhis head back laughing. But he did look like a man who would answerquestions. Mary Renault
It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim. "When I ponder on them seeds I don't find it nowise hard to believe that we've got souls that'll live in other worlds. You couldn't hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn't seen the miracle, could you? L. M. Montgomery
George Orwell quote: "The room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct..."
The room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk George Orwell
Isn’t that sweet of my only son to travel all this way so he can whine about his pathetic little friend? Maybe if I weren’t strapped to my deathbed I could muster up the strength to give a damn. David Sedaris
Guillermo del Toro quote: "Miriam Sacher had survived polio as a child. To Abraham, she..."
Miriam Sacher had survived polio as a child. To Abraham, she was simply the most exquisite little bird who could not fly. Guillermo del Toro
Jodi Picoult quote: "How could you pick, knowing that you'd have to go home and..."
How could you pick, knowing that you'd have to go home and live with the choice you made? Jodi Picoult
You stared at the stranger in front of you and decided, categorically, that this was no longer your son. Or you made the decision to find whatever scraps ofyour child you still could in what he had become. Was that even really a choice, if you were a mother? Jodi Picoult
She definitely heard the words for airplane and airport, which delighted some little-girl part of her soul (“Yay, going on a trip!”) even as her higher brain was ticking off all the bad things that could happen when men like Jones came into proximity with jet aircraft. Neal Stephenson
Damn, I was lonely that autumn. I wished for a girl I could hang out with. I neverreally did anything to meet girls, too shy, too fucked up. Autumn makesme think of women. Henry Rollins
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't..."
I equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress. Elizabeth Gilbert
I am so fed up and joyless that not only have I nothing to fill my soul, I cannot even conceive of anything that could possibly satisfy it - alas, not even the bliss of heaven. Soren Kierkegaard
And this was known as that greatest of treasures, which is Hope. It was a good way of getting poorer really very quickly, and staying poor. It could be you. But it wouldn't be. Terry Prachett
I would like to ask one favor though, if that's not too much," he said. I wonder what he saw on my face, because something flickered across his own face in response. But, before I could identify it, he'd composed his features into the same serene mask."Anything," I vowed, my voice faintly stronger. As I watched, his frozen eyes melted. The gold became liquid again, molten, burning down into mine with an intensity that was overwhelming."Don't do anything reckless or stupid," he ordered, no... Stephenie Meyer
I suggested that one could be a ray ofsunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one had to behave like asunbeam, that I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Harper Lee

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