Mrs. Bittarcy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables. ("The Man Whom The Trees Loved")
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Related Not only did I love her, but I could tell the universe loved her, too. More... CHRISTOPHER POINDEXTER my grandfather would have loved to have met you," Charles told her huskily. "He would have called yo... PATRICIA BRIGGS But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with ... VIRGIL By the Valg, three were made, Of the gate-Stone of the Wyrd: Obsidian the gods forbade SARAH J. MAAS Tonight I can write the saddest lines I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. PABLO NERUDA MOM Wholeheartedly, She loved me- And inspired me- With transcending devot... GIORGE LEEDY Voodoo Girl Her skin is white cloth, and she's all sewn apart and she has many colore... TIM BURTON Tonight I Can Write Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for e... PABLO NERUDA Saturated Arrogance ...she rebuked those about her in darkness did she dwell a ... MUSE Why had peace given place so soon to turmoil? To two separate solitudes? Because peace had been with... MARY BALOGH A tired man lay down his head in a dusty room so dim, and for so long his wife did shake ROMAN PAYNE One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago I met a little girl with a book under her arm. TOVE JANSSON She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched f... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered an... PABLO NERUDA I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: "The night is full of ... PABLO NERUDA There are too many of them." Reyna wondered bitterly how many times she'd said that in her demigod c... RICK RIORDAN You looked strange climbing in the tree like that." Tiger Lily pulled her braids between her fi... JODI LYNN ANDERSON But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead. Wh... KRISTEN MCKEE Did she help people?" Miss Level added. ... ... "She made them help one another, she ... TERRY PRATCHETT Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'Sh... PATRICIA BRIGGS In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be no... ALEXANDER POPE Your daughter is ugly. She knows loss intimately, carries whole cities in her belly. ... WARSAN SHIRE It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' sh... SARAH DESSEN The thunder howled and the rain splashed, the leaves played with the breeze and the lightning flashe... 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CASSANDRA CLARE What do you do?' she asks, holding out the vest. 'What do you do?' 'What do you do?' she a... BRET EASTON ELLIS Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had... LEO TOLSTOY Yeah, sometimes life really sucks," she says. "But you know what I'm holding on for?" I r... VERONICA ROTH Which was how Britteny ended up nestled next to Mickey, under the shelter of a painter's drop cloth.... MICHAEL GRANT She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she loved one of them most of all. And thi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,”... JULIA QUINN I have loved badly, loved the great Too soon, withdrawn my words too late; And eaten in an ech... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY There was a young woman named Jenny, Whose limericks weren't worth a penny. Her rhythm and r... ANONYMOUS THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul... W.B. YEATS Inside the church, the bondsmaids were walking slowly down the aisle, with the little petal gir... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take y... MICHAEL ENDE Party lights hang over the street, yellow and red and green. Sadie stumbles over someone’s chair, ... STEPHEN KING She doesn’t burn bridges, she covers them in gypsy flowers and feather kisses, t... MELODY LEE Thanks to April,” she whispered, “you have the wedding you’ve dreamed about ever since you wer... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS She grew tired of shielding her body, For societal expectation and propriety, Double stand... JACQUELINE SIMON GUNN It's all right," said Wolf. "You loved her. I would feel the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet... MARISSA MEYER Dear Deborah, Words do not come easily for so many men. We are taught to be strong, to... LISA WINGATE Lucinda might sneak from her own house at midnight to place a wager somewhere else, but she dared no... PETER CAREY Alma had grown as tall as a man by now, with broad shoulders. ... This need not have necessarily pre... ELIZABETH GILBERT Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She... A.A. MILNE She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until sh... HARTLEY COLERIDGE The sign above the door to the Hypocras Club read PROTEGO RES PUBLICA, engraved into white Italian m... GAIL CARRIGER She dried her tears, and they did smile To see her cheeks’ returning glow; Nor did disce... EMILY BRONTë i'm sorry she never got her miracle. she did get her miracle, Landon, her miracle was you. NICHOLAS SPARKS Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now a... THOMAS HARDY She was famous, and she was insane. Her voice soared out over the audience, holding them spellb... DIANNE SYLVAN she wants a man who doesn't want anyone else but her R.H. SIN Jules lips quivered, and I feared she was about to cry. Then she asked, “He bit off more than he c... LAURA KREITZER There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw ... JANDY NELSON I didn't mean to tell you," Mrs. Whatsit faltered. "I didn't mean ever to let you know. But oh, my d... MADELEINE L'ENGLE There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe. She had so many children And she still k... KRISTEN MCKEE No peace among the nations without peace among the religions. No peace among the rel... HANS KüNG Do you like flowers, Lady Eleanor?" It was him speaking. Lord Blunt. Asking her opinion on some... MEGAN FRAMPTON See . . . um . . . the thing is, I met with Lisa a few days ago. She wanted to apologize for . . . H... STJEPAN ŠEJIć For Liesel Meminger, the early stages of 1942 could be summed up like this: She became thirteen... MARKUS ZUSAK Goodness knows she is too fierce for you Goodness knows she has eyes for a lord Goodness k... SHANNON HALE Everything ok here ?" Ryan grunted urging her with a hand on her lower back. "He thinks yo... SUZANNE WRIGHT Morfyd’s care. As she walked out of the cave she passed Annwyl walking in. The girl had her s... G.A. AIKEN She stands there for a second, watching the bear go. The morning light has truly arrived, and she ca... KATHRYN HOLMES For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to ... BRUCE WEIGL Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971) I don't know how she did it. Fire She was shaking all over... PATTI SMITH She was like the sun, She knew her place in the world - She would shine again regardless... NIKKI ROWE Could any State on Earth Immortall be, Venice by Her rare Goverment is She; Venice Great N... JAMES HOWELL The smaller girl hid her eyes with her hands, and Ewan smiled. Did she think that would make her inv... C.J. MILBRANDT You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' VIKRAM SETH There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved the... ANNIE BARROWS This is [her] soul group.’ What do you mean?’ It’s a group of souls with whom she re... JAMES REDFIELD When you look at her, if you do not feel blessed to have her. She is not yours to kee... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman."[Sh... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It’s not her shape, her face, or her hair that makes her beautiful. Neither is it t... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY Hope Was but a timid friend; She sat without the grated den, Watching how my fate would te... EMILY BRONTë She felt like weeping. She didn't know why at first, but then it hit her. He knew her. DENNIS LEHANE she is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sittin... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I feel like you're always trying to sneak into my mind. You're like Peter Pan - always climbing in w... TARRYN FISHER Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked. I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she ca... JIM BUTCHER
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