All the first years, their only question had been -- asked with beseechings and tears that might have moved stone, in time, perhaps, but hearts are not stones: "Is he alive?" "Is she alive?
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Related It posed the question posed by all such stone piles: how had puny men moved stones so big? And, like... KURT VONNEGUT JR. He said that based on the information that he has, that she is alive and that they have information ... ZALMAY KHALILZAD When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in t... WILLIAM BARCLAY But Fuchsia might as well have been carved from dark marble. Only her tears moved. MERVYN PEAKE It seemed that up until this moment she had been only half alive. KATHLEEN WINSOR A daily conviction that Jesus Christ is alive draws our hearts closer to Him to believe that He is a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH One of the great ironies is that I firmly believe that had it not been for the notoriety, had she ha... JULIAN GARDNER Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts ne... HARUKI MURAKAMI And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive. MARY BALOGH Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may... ADAM CLYMER This hunt, compared with what my parents went through, was nothing. There are moments that leave the... DENISE EPSTEIN The question on long term strategy is not if it is successful, but if you are still alive. RON DE JONGE It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite t... J.K. ROWLING The Israelis and some Westerners are trying to delete Arafat from our memory, but he will remain ali... AHMED TIBI And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. BIBLE Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally... E. F. BENSON The defense was a question mark coming in. But their effort has been great. They've done everything ... JOE ROSS You are not alive until u feel alive because only living does not mean you're alive. VINECK KUMAR POSARIA She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER We remember with tears Tom Fox. We had longed for the day when all four men would be released togeth... DOUG PRITCHARD And if they intend to deceive you-- then surely Allah is sufficient for you; He it is Who strengthen... QURAN If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly ... SUZY KASSEM Mark Twain is as big as America. He really is. VAL KILMER I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears... and she did not run away!...and she did not... GASTON LEROUX Most people are alive in an earlier time, but you must be alive in our own time. MARSHALL MCLUHAN Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him... ANTON CHEKHOV If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintell... BERTRAND RUSSELL "We are most alive when our hearts are filled with love and kindness." ~ Tom Baker TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have be... JOAN MIRO The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone. MARTIN AMIS You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you ... JAMES BALDWIN You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you ... JAMES BALDWIN Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been ... ELIZABETH I They are telling us that she is alive and they are telling us she is warm. They are saying she's in ... HONI REISMAN If I had been asked this question four years ago, I would have said there was no need because it is ... DENNIS HUSCH We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten yea... THICH NHAT HANH She wasn't entirely sure how she felt, All she knew was that he entered her world And sh... NIKKI ROWE Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humil... SONYA HARTNETT Not only am I so grateful that Napoleon is still alive, I'm grateful for his family, the community o... WALTER LONG Not only am I so grateful that Napoleon is still alive, I'm grateful for his family, the community o... WALTER LONG Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll li... DICK VAN DYKE We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. THORNTON WILDER Perhaps that is the best way to say it: printed books are magical, and real bookshops keep that magi... JEN CAMPBELL The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting. VINCENT VAN GOGH If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question... wait a minute, I do have a dollar... SCOTT SKILES We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfo... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connect... JAMES A. BALDWIN It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connect... JAMES BALDWIN I am going to die of love....daroga....I am dying of love .... That's how it is... I loved her so! A... GASTON LEROUX Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive. DAVID HACKWORTH I think I might kiss him. He's right here. And his lips are hanging open (mouth breather) and his ey... RAINBOW ROWELL Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of t... ARTHUR ERICKSON I thank the Lord for the air she got. God is alive. He looks after all of us. You just have to have ... DON ABELL My comrades are alive right now!! The Exceeds are alive too!! Whether they've got magic or not, the ... HIRO MASHIMA She understands all at once, with a small shock, exactly what it is she always needed to tell Harlan... BARBARA KINGSOLVER YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said. That's what being alive is all about. TERRY PRATCHETT Who are you to say whether she is of use? She is alive! That is statement enough. FRANCINE RIVERS When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. Th... MELINA MARCHETTA There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. WASHINGTON IRVING When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy.... MORLEY SAFER If you want to meet Mark Twain, all you have to do is use your brain! STEVE RAY COLLINS Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'l... DICK VAN DYKE There is no question that he is one of the most dynamic performers we've had. We will give him as mu... LARRY GROCE We are not quite sure if he is alive or dead, BAQIR JABBUR I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of t... ANONYMOUS It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at... BILL BRYSON She had the chance to protect Kelsey. Kelsey could still be alive if she had done her job as a paren... KATHIE BRIGGS God is not moved or impressed with our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him. KELLY SPARKS Why are you telling me? he asked [Harry told Diggory that the first task is about fighting with drag... J.K. ROWLING We're losing time. Time is working against us. I think we all pray and hope for a miracle, but this ... JOE ALLBAUGH He was still a huge question mark. It wasn't until he started (with WVBC) that he had the time and t... BUD OGDEN For the first time, our chemistry is sophisticated enough that we can take control of the machine th... KARY MULLIS ...freedom is of more account than the height of a roof beam. I ought to know; mine cost me eighteen... HALLDóR LAXNESS Gates has kept Apple alive to get the Justice Department off his back. All he has to do is stop maki... BRUCE TOGNAZZINI While Yitzhak was alive, he couldn't have had a better supporter than Leah, ... After the assassinat... SHIMON PERES Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the lov... JOSEPH CAMPBELL If she had not run with that offer, in all likelihood she'd still be sitting there with that propert... BRAD WESTOVER That is incredible news. Again, if this turns out to be true... we have not been able to independent... ANDERSON COOPER To four years until freedom," she said lifting her glass. He raised his in salute. "To yo... SARAH J. MAAS A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty and four times as alive a... NORMAN VINCENT PEALE A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old... J.R.R. TOLKIEN When you find that you are on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain STEVE J. LEATHERWOOD He took her face in his bloody hands. 'I'll come and find you wherever you are. I'll not stop breath... MELINA MARCHETTA I left that meeting with the perception that I had been asked for the first time to fire an intellig... CARL W. FORD JR In helping others, it helped me as much as it helped them. It's rewarding. Not only does it keep Jim... KATHY GARCIA I do not know what she was thinking, but I was remembering the years we have lived together, yet nev... GARY JENNINGS (Meyer) might have gone out a little slow on that first mile, but in these weather conditions I thin... DIANE HENTO Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 He that is alive may know that he was born, though he kn... JOHN OWEN I have been asked this question over and over again: 'Dr. Jeremiah, do you think God is finished... DAVID JEREMIAH For it was the light, that was flowing in her veins but not blood. Every time she was wounded, she k... AKSHAY VASU Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which ca... JOHN RALSTON SAUL Bastard,” she spat at him, and she thought he had moved closer. She swung at him, and then suddenl... ROBIN HOBB This is the kind of platform we've been looking for a long time. Libraries digitize their stuff and ... DANIEL GREENSTEIN This is the kind of platform we've been looking for a long time, ... Libraries digitize their stuff ... DANIEL GREENSTEIN This question of partnering is something we've now aggressively adopted, ... but perhaps we could ha... KARL EIKENBERRY The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability. MUHAMMAD YUNUS He is the only one who kills me, yet keeps me alive. MISS HANNAH HOWITT If someone had asked him, “Ben, are you lonely? , ” he would have looked at that someone with re... STEPHEN KING
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MARK TWAIN Man is a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. MARK TWAIN Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat... MARK TWAIN It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts th... MARK TWAIN Of all the various kinds of sexual intercourse, this has the least to recommend it. As an amusement,... MARK TWAIN Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of t... MARK TWAIN Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. MARK TWAIN Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind. MARK TWAIN We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him. MARK TWAIN O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover th... MARK TWAIN A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. 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MARK TWAIN Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not oblig... MARK TWAIN Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. MARK TWAIN Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time. MARK TWAIN No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies. MARK TWAIN We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether th... MARK TWAIN Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True ... MARK TWAIN When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. MARK TWAIN Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. MARK TWAIN Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. MARK TWAIN We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the hum... MARK TWAIN There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends. MARK TWAIN I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- except he... MARK TWAIN There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were... MARK TWAIN People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases. MARK TWAIN My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water. MARK TWAIN A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razor strap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table ... MARK TWAIN When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a te... MARK TWAIN In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities. MARK TWAIN Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can. MARK TWAIN The lack of money is the root of all evils. 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