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It was the kind of impossible wish you treat as though it is precious. You make a home for it in your heart. You give it the downiest of beds for its rest. You feed it the choicest pieces, even when the meat it eats is your very soul.
“Heart thoughts are profound, hindsight aches and hope is obscure. I'm craving a great adventure -- one that leads me back home.”
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“It was the horror of someone who'd been dealt a winning hand, had bet her life on the game, and then proceeded (deliberately?) to lose.”
― The Winner's Kiss
― The Winner's Kiss
“Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.”
― North and South
― North and South
“مَنْ هناك؟" فقل للهويّة: شكراً!
إن نظرتَ إلى وردةٍ دون أن توجعكْ
وفرحتَ بها، قل لقلبك: شكراً!
إن نهضت صباحاً، ولم تجد الآخرين معك
...يفركون جفونك، قل للبصيرة: شكراً!
إن تذكرت حرفاً من اسمك واسم بلادك،
كن ولداً طيباً!
ليقول لك الربُّ: شكراً!”
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إن نظرتَ إلى وردةٍ دون أن توجعكْ
وفرحتَ بها، قل لقلبك: شكراً!
إن نهضت صباحاً، ولم تجد الآخرين معك
...يفركون جفونك، قل للبصيرة: شكراً!
إن تذكرت حرفاً من اسمك واسم بلادك،
كن ولداً طيباً!
ليقول لك الربُّ: شكراً!”
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“I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said.
"It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
― Graceling
"It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.
She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.”
― Graceling
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