Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: / Streets that follow like a tedious argument / Of insidious intent / To lead you to an overwhelming question.../ Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' / Let us go and make our visit"' 'I'm in love with you,' he said quietly.
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Related Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like... JOHN GREEN Still perfect,” he said. “Read to me.” “This isn’t really a poem to read aloud when y... JOHN GREEN Let us be like the moon with love and beauty. Let us follow the night to love the tranquility a... DEBASISH MRIDHA Let us roam then, you and I, When the evening is splayed out across the sky [...] Pat... HENRY N. BEARD (Streets of Sorrow) Oh, farewell you streets of sorrow Oh, farewell you streets of pain THE POGUES Let the dream go. Are there not other dreams In vastness of clouds hid from thy sight That yet... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX At the sixes and sevens of our mind lead us oh Lord in Thy might In the moment to decide o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He is not a tame lion," said Tirian. "How should we know what he would do? We, who are murderers. Je... C.S. LEWIS Let us go where skins are rainbows Enhanced by every hue. Where genders are clouds KAMAND KOJOURI I followed your footsteps," he said, in answer to the unspoken question. "Snow makes it easy." ... MAUREEN JOHNSON What if they don’t let us go through?” I ask, trying not to move my lips. “They will,”... SUSAN EE You need to go home and get some rest and let me stay through the night, ... This could go on throug... DONNA HALE i can not go through the ocean. i can not drive the streets at night. i can not wake up in the morni... A FINE FRENZY The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is be... ELIZABETH GILBERT Instructions for freedom": 1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions. 2. You have just cl... ELIZABETH GILBERT They talk to us all the time. They'll pull us aside and tell us little things like what to expect wh... DANTE CUNNINGHAM In our heart, in the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty that the Lord is... POPE BENEDICT XVI I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they shoul... YOUNG JEEZY Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to ... CASSANDRA CLARE Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and le... JOHN CALVIN You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and ca... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO In late October of 1962, it was our turn to go. Miss Hanrahan appeared in her state Ford Rambler, wh... JOHN WILLIAM TUOHY I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't." "That's all r... J.R. WARD Sometimes you must let go of your pride and do what is asked of us. Anakin Skywalker, Epi... GEORGE LUCAS Let the water flow beneath the bridge; let men be men, that is to say, weak, vain, inconstant, unjus... FRANçOIS FéNELON A fly and a flea in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could they do? Said the Flea, Let us fly!<... ANON. Life is not always easy for anyone of us. Everybody goes through ups and downs in life. Life is not ... AVIJEET DAS Do you promise?" He demanded again. "I can't let you go, Alek." She said softly. "You...wh... SCOTT WESTERFELD My muscles informed me they did not want to go through any more exercise today. So I suggest that ma... RICHELLE MEAD You can't turn it over 29 times, 20 in the first half, and expect to win. We did that and let them g... JOE HARGE Too often we ask God to throw off our chains while he looks back with a smiling chuckle of love tell... JOEY TALLADINO Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize... NICOLA STURGEON Opera is full of trappings that make us go away from being human. You can't let them do that. Yo... CHARLES NELSON REILLY Simon: I love you Isabelle Lightwood! I love you and I will not go away until you tell me you love m... CASSANDRA CLARE But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The three of them fell silent. After a long pause, Hermione voiced the knottiest question of all in ... J.K. ROWLING Place a beehive on my grave And let the honey soak through. When I'm dead and gone, T... SUE MONK KIDD Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18 1 JOHN 3:18 I think I first got into acting through church. I would go to these church retreats, and they would ... KI HONG LEE I used to have this lecturer, whenever he's asked a question he has no idea about the answer, he wou... OMOSOHWOFA CASEY ROSE: I love you, Jack. JACK: No...don’t say your goodbyes, Rose. Don’t you give up. ... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON Cold,” he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,�... JOHN GREEN You love your country," she said. "I can't let you give all that up." He caught a glimmer of pain an... SARAH J. MAAS To just let go, and not pick everything to death. To just let go and enjoy what you had. To just let... LAURELL K. HAMILTON I want to take one last journey together, just the three of us, and go back to Easterbury… and let... YUKAKO KABEI Only one is a wanderer. And when she was sad, she'd go into the streets to be with people. RALPH ANGEL Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to
do our duty as... ROY DISNEY Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter througho... RACHEL BRATHEN The mind-is not the heart. I may yet live, as I know others live, To wish in vain to let g... ROBERT FROST They're kicking us out saying it's time to close We're leaning on each other try'na beat the c... THE SCRIPT With any offense, if you make it one-dimensional, then you know what they're doing. The challenge fo... BRENTSON BUCKNER We feel what they've gone through having gone through it in 2002, ... Knowing that, we're not going ... EDWIN MULITALO Curran's whore comes to visit us," Jarek said in accented English. The three men laughed ... ILONA ANDREWS What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ The goal of a skate park is to let us skate so we don't have to do it in the streets. We just want t... MATT LANE We do a pretty good rating job of the streets. We go and actually rate all of our streets. JEFF RAMSEY Come, sir, come, I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love. Look, here I have you, thus... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You professed your love and quietly stole my heart, I know that was not your intent but it happened.... STARGAZER Will father be there?" she asked. John turned to her in astonishment. Your fat... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD to live in this world you must be able to do three things to love what is morta... MARY OLIVER It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to tru... FRANCIS ARINZE Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. VIRGIL Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren... ANDREW MURRAY You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up... ONE DIRECTION If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you. Either you just let the grudge go, or mak... TOBA BETA I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most gr... WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and ... GORDON ATKINSON You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious a... TA-NEHISI COATES I'm in love with you," he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. H... JOHN GREEN You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was becau... KRISTAN HIGGINS I begged our younger teammates to not let us go home with a loss and we didn't. DESTANIE GARDNER Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a ... RONALD REAGAN Walk with this tomorrow night. If nothing happens, then don’t come back. Forget about us, thi... KEITH KEKIC One of the things we wanted to do is wait and see what our residual herd looks like and let this epi... GARY BRUNDIGE I might be asked, ‘Do you equally reject the approach which begins with the question “What do mo... C.S. LEWIS I will go,” he said. “I will go to Troy.” The rosy gleam of his lip, the fevered green of... MADELINE MILLER Let us be the joy to find the joy Let us be the love to find the love Let us be kind to fi... DEBASISH MRIDHA Our problem is that we usually love people who don't love us enough, hurt people who love us a lot, ... OUSSAMA HEDHLI You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fion... ANTHONY HOROWITZ Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this... MELODY BEATTIE You have been to hell, Ketut?" He smiled. Of course he's been there. What's it like in hel... ELIZABETH GILBERT Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a w... DAVID SUZUKI There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into th... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Ian " she said quietly "I'd rather die than go back to you." "Be careful what you ask for you ... AMANDA STEPHAN Let him go, V. And let him take her where he needs to go." As Wrath's voice cut through t... J.R. WARD Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open... JACK KORNFIELD Now that lilacs are in bloom She has a bowl of lilacs in her room And twists one in her fi... T.S. ELIOT With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go fo... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I’m in love with you,” he said quietly. "Augustus," I said. "I am," he said. He ... JOHN GREEN You say I am repeating Something I have said before. I shall say it again. Shall I say it... T.S. ELIOT It’s easy to forgive people who have never done anything to make us angry. People who do make us a... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT I say, let us think. Let each one express his thought. Let us become investigators, not followers, n... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Jane," I said quietly. She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer. "Yes, Mary? F... PHILIPPA GREGORY Sometimes your inability to let go has nothing to do with real love and everything to do with what t... SHANNON L. ALDER Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the... JOHN GREEN I've been satisfied with a piece, but as an artist, you also feel like there's always something you ... CORYNNE WARE Don't let them fool ya, Or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, So g... BOB MARLEY I’m so sorry, sweetheart. I’ll let you go, but don’t expect me to forget you. We’re bonded. ... GENA SHOWALTER Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. VIRGIL
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'Well, later, I found out what it means. It's from an Aleut... JOHN GREEN Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better th... JOHN GREEN I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what. JOHN GREEN You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually. JOHN GREEN I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don’t t... JOHN GREEN I've never known before what it feels like to want someone - not to want to hook up with them or wha... JOHN GREEN There's a stark difference between the words 'prodigy' and 'genius.' Prodigies can very quickly lear... JOHN GREEN Why is being a nerd bad? Saying I notice you’re a nerd is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you�... JOHN GREEN I wanted us to have an adventure. Because I love that crap. Because I'm not whatever-her-name-is. I ... 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