George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw feeling in Sir Stephen's suddenly dark and haunted eyes.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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Joseph Fort Newton
None of us can choose where we shall love...
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Susan Kay
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
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Criss Jami
When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling...
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Clarence Darrow
Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren't so bad once you sit down and have...
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Criss Jami
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George stared at the dove. What would she say if she could speak to him? What would she wish for, for her father? For she, too, had been harmed by a man who had meant to show his utmost love for her. It made George...
You will find yourself, as he did. But that will not mean it is easy. There are few things easy in life that are worth the doing.
George put his hand on top of Beatrice's and felt the warmth of both the woman and her hound pulsing through his fingers. "Just because your father does not see your victory does not mean that it is none, " he said softly.
George was full of hatred. Of his own weakness and stupidity, of his magic, of the stubbornness and the pride of Beatrice and Marit, and, last of all, hatred of Dr. Gharn, who had started it all. But the hatred swayed to pity. <span style="margin:15px;...
Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand her, she changes. If only I had a son, " he said bitterly. Over and over he disparaged her, and George would have thought that Beatrice would be so...
