I feel like the secretary to the morning whose only/ responsibility is to take down its bright, airy dictation/ until it's time to go to lunch with the other girls,/ all of us ordering the cottage cheese with half a pear.
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Related Like the moon shining bright Up high with all its grace, I can only show you at night ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan... MARGARET MITCHELL The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizab... DOUGLAS ADAMS Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Why be an ostrich? MARGARET MITCHELL Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Teach me, Father, how to go Softly as the grasses grow; Hush my soul to meet the shock Of t... EDWIN MARKHAM The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Would it please you if I said your eyes were twin gold-fish bowls filled to the brim with the cleare... MARGARET MITCHELL While I slept you stood in the colorful night market with pyramids of bright fruit pi... BRENDA HILLMAN They're kicking us out saying it's time to close We're leaning on each other try'na beat the c... THE SCRIPT Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation ... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cl... KAHLIL GIBRAN I Go Down To The Shore I go down to the shore in the morning and depending on... MARY OLIVER The Clock on the Morning Lenape Building Must Clocks be circles? Time is not a circl... JERRY SPINELLI Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW The great risk of living is that we might not survive it. J. ALEKSANDR WOOTTON At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brig... MADELEINE L'ENGLE The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like... JOHN GREEN Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW All night my heart makes its way however it can over the rough ground of uncertainties, bu... MARY OLIVER I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re... JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM The rain set early in tonight, The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down f... ROBERT BROWNING Do you remember the sight we saw, my soul, that soft summer morning round a turning in the... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE No more money, no more fancy dress This other Kingdom seems by far the best until its other jaw... JIM MORRISON That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-cit... ANNA GODBERSEN He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child. Its bones are soft, its muscles... LAO TZU The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terr... DOUGLAS ADAMS To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood the lesson. DEYTH BANGER She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s... ELIZABETH WINDER Boring people live boring lives. HABEEB AKANDE Can I buy you a drink when you get off?" "I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs." ERIC JEROME DICKEY He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury anoth... NALINI SINGH Seeking survival, hostile, hidden from sight, Deliciously flavoured - juicy, sweet bite, E... CLAUDIA BAKKER He muttered something foul and then climbed the stairs, rapping twice on Timmie’s door. “Ri... JEANIENE FROST Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti... FENNEL HUDSON When the star dies, Its eye closes; tired of watching, It flies back to its first bright... DEJAN STOJANOVIC I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars. DAVID MACKAY Sour Milk You can't make it turn sweet again. Once it was an innocen... DIANE WAKOSKI The More Loving One Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all ... W.H. AUDEN i want to be in love with you the same way i am in love with the moon SANOBER KHAN When I look up at Heaven, I see the souls of those who died Beaming down at me, Wanti... SUZY KASSEM Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead. JIM GENOVESE Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day- A sunny day with the leaves just turning, The... CECIL DAY-LEWIS A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD Here I came to the very edge where nothing at all needs saying, everything is absorbed t... PABLO NERUDA In Blackwater Woods Look, the trees are turning their own bodies in... MARY OLIVER The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, a... MARY OLIVER Light That's how I feel- like the winter-fringed breeze might scoop me up ... ELLEN HOPKINS I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Give me a shot to remember And you can take all the pain away from me A kiss and I will su... GERARD WAY Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin... AKIROQ BROST Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT I went back to the clanging city, I went back where my old loves stayed, But my heart wa... SARA TEASDALE Its three in the morning,' she noted with dismay. 'Do you think Simon’s all right?' 'I think ... CASSANDRA CLARE The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Look: the trees exist; the houses we dwell in stand there stalwartly. Only we pass ... RAINER MARIA RILKE Anyone can learn how to communicate with animals if they are open to the process and willing to prac... KAREN A. ANDERSON I sometimes find it half a sin, To put to words the grief i feel, For words like nature,ha... ALFRED TENNYSON To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act i... HERACLITUS When the sun sets like fire, I will think of you, when the moon casts its light, I... BRIAN JACQUES I like to prowl ordinary places. I feel sorry for us all or glad for us all caught a... CHARLES BUKOWSKI We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new. BURT RUTAN Don't tell me you're one of those people who becomes their disease. I know so many people like that.... JOHN GREEN Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. DOUGLAS ADAMS God's Final Message to His Creation: 'We apologize for the inconvenience. DOUGLAS ADAMS Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s ov... JOSS WHEDON Being clingy may work for puppies, but not for you. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE He created us for adventure, not ease. MARY E. DEMUTH
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SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta,” I say lightly. “You said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did fo... SUZANNE COLLINS You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it m... SUZANNE COLLINS I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. SUZANNE COLLINS You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you s... SUZANNE COLLINS I had to do that. At least once. SUZANNE COLLINS No problem," Gale replies. "I wake up ten times a night anyway." "To make sure Katniss is still... SUZANNE COLLINS Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of... SUZANNE COLLINS All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Finally, he c... SUZANNE COLLINS Stay with me. Always. SUZANNE COLLINS I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pl... SUZANNE COLLINS I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm j... SUZANNE COLLINS No. Now, shut up and eat your pears. SUZANNE COLLINS You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't p... SUZANNE COLLINS Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can't help enjoying his distr... SUZANNE COLLINS I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. SUZANNE COLLINS Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and... SUZANNE COLLINS What about Gale?" "He's not a bad kisser either," I say shortly. "And it was okay with bo... SUZANNE COLLINS Oh, Peeta, Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart. SUZANNE COLLINS There's a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to y... SUZANNE COLLINS But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a... SUZANNE COLLINS At a few minutes before four, Peeta turns to me again. "Your favorite colour . . . it's green?" SUZANNE COLLINS She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You... SUZANNE COLLINS I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink i... SUZANNE COLLINS They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you. SUZANNE COLLINS That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire ... SUZANNE COLLINS Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness. SUZANNE COLLINS I think....you still have no idea. The effect you can have. SUZANNE COLLINS I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking. SUZANNE COLLINS Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Es... SUZANNE COLLINS Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Stra... SUZANNE COLLINS Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt... SUZANNE COLLINS I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial... SUZANNE COLLINS There are much worse games to play. SUZANNE COLLINS Some walks you have to take alone. SUZANNE COLLINS You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in y... SUZANNE COLLINS