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(view spoiler) But at least he gets to shoot the people he doesn't like along the way.I've now read this twice and listened to it twice as of 7/31/17, and I understand some of the complaints abo ...more "
“Ode to an Expiring Frog
Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing!
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!
Say, have fiends in shape of boys,
With wild halloo and brutal noise,
Hunted thee from marshy joys,
With a dog,
Expiring frog?”
― The Pickwick Papers
Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing!
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!
Say, have fiends in shape of boys,
With wild halloo and brutal noise,
Hunted thee from marshy joys,
With a dog,
Expiring frog?”
― The Pickwick Papers
“Blocked again, and again, and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Lor, if the devil don't get them, what's he good for?”
― Uncle Tom's Cabin
― Uncle Tom's Cabin
“The several duties of instruction in this establishment were thus discharged. English grammar, composition, geography, and the use of the dumb-bells, by Miss Melissa Wackles; writing, arithmetic, dancing, music, and general fascination, by Miss Sophia Wackles; the art of needle-work, marking, and samplery, by Miss Jane Wackles; corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors, by Mrs Wackles.”
― The Old Curiosity Shop
― The Old Curiosity Shop
“Dreams either mean nothing or everything - and when they mean everything, they almost always come as messages from... well, from other levels of the tower.' He gazed at Eddie shrewdly. 'And not all messages are sent by friends.”
― Wizard and Glass
― Wizard and Glass
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