Marguerite Yourcenar
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JEAN SASSON STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think he's the anchor of our defense, not only with his ability to make plays, but with his leader... JEF FIELD And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and pluc... BIBLE ELISABETH ELLIOT His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleedi... MOONSHINE NOIRE MACK R. DOUGLAS In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... BRYCE COURTENAY WILLIAM R. 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COLTA IVES Drawings have always been the P.S. part of van Gogh's work, ... Yet he was a letter writer, a guy wi... COLTA IVES He went into the locker room, changed from his uniform into a coat and tie and was on the air that n... BOB CARPENTER In the beginning it was all black and white. MAUREEN O'HARA ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH C. JOYBELL C. His musical gifts were extraordinary as an educator, orchestra musician, chamber musician, soloist a... GERARD SCHWARZ JESSE ANDREWS ORISON SWETT MARDEN GEORGE MACDONALD The torturer was wheeling around the room, shrieking, holding his impaled hand, which had a pen stic... CHRIS WOODING A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Bless... LADY MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it a... HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... 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