I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.


Alice Sebold

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Holy Saturday All night had shouts of men and cry Of woeful women filled His way; Until that noon ...
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The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
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If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me
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He [Calvin Coolidge] looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
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I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development
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If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
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As of Jan. 1, any packaged food that does not have trans fatty acid labeling should not be sold.
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Increasing omega-3 fatty acid intake through foods is preferable.
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People need to make fundamental changes - they don't have to be drastic.
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That is serious calories,
ALICE LICHTENSTEIN
We understand that self-defense is an important right and that deadly force is sometimes the result....
ALICE JOHNSON
The whole back porch is gone. And the shelter over there, it just picked the posts and all up out of...
ALICE JOHNSON
My legs and feet got so cold, I thought I'd never get to sleep last night.
ALICE JOHNSON
We're trying to prevent injuries and deaths from gun violence, and we're very concerned with both of...
ALICE JOHNSON
I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am
ALICE JAMES
You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions a...
ALICE JAMES
Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.
ALICE JAMES
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for...
ALICE JAMES
It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!
ALICE JAMES
How sick one gets of being ''good,'' how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make ...
ALICE JAMES
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of...
ALICE JAMES
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral...
ALICE JAMES
It puts additional pressure on institutions. For us, it's $34,000. It is less revenue that we have t...
ALICE JACOBS
We need to make sure physicians are aware that women may need special tests and different diagnostic...
ALICE JACOBS
Wear Red Day is an opportunity for everyone to remember their female friends and family members who ...
ALICE JACOBS
This year's state of heart for women brings good news and bad news: Death rates are...
ALICE JACOBS
We must reverse this trend. Medical research plays a vital role in the discovery of treatments and c...
ALICE JACOBS
What people need to realize is they have a first person view of history and as many of the personal ...
ALICE JACKSON
I plan to share my knowledge in reporting to help people cope with the storm. I will show them how t...
ALICE JACKSON
It's a large chunk of time out of the instructional day and it's large chunk of time out of the inst...
ALICE JACKSON
We don't make a big deal about it. We don't want to create test anxiety.
ALICE JACKSON
If we can start to say that's not acceptable in town, we can change that culture.
ALICE JACKSON
If they know there are consequences, they don't do things. If they know at the dance they will be ch...
ALICE JACKSON
I like the books because the heroines don't do what others want them to, they do what they want.
ALICE HYDE
We were both happy ... we celebrated by having pizza with our family.
ALICE HYDE
Cement sales resumed to customers on Sunday, February 26 after the problem was identified and resolv...
ALICE HYDE
I began studying geography because I wanted to learn more about the world I live in.
ALICE HYDE
It is a lot of work trying to put this concert together. I have a lot of responsibilities. But I hav...
ALICE HOWES
We haven't worked together yet. We each have been doing our own section of the concert and will put ...
ALICE HOWES
It was a very long process. For instance, we have to take text or poetry, translate it into sign lan...
ALICE HOWES
We are both trying to find our own inspiration and movement. My inspiration is sign language.
ALICE HOWES
Such an ugly thing to happen in such a beautiful place.
ALICE HOGAN
While we as a nation have made considerable progress in attracting women into most science and engin...
ALICE HOGAN
While we as a nation have made considerable progress in attracting women into most science and engin...
ALICE HOGAN
While we as a nation have made considerable progress in attracting women into most science and engin...
ALICE HOGAN
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think...
ALICE HOFFMAN
Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappea...
ALICE HOFFMAN
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always hel...
ALICE HOFFMAN
Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.
ALICE HOFFMAN