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They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods


Edith Wharton

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And his first minute, after noon, is night.
JOHN DONNE The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you ...
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PEGGY TONEY HORTON They weren't allowed to be here and if they did come in, they had to come in on a bus, they weren't ...
BRANDON DARBY Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt that i was a butterfly. flitting around and enjoying myself....
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KEN FOLLETT They hit a big three to cut it to five. They had seven threes and each one seemed to come at a key t...
BRANDON MAKELA We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.
ROY ROGERS I was surprised that he took it as well as he did. They would have had to carry me away in a straitj...
BRIAN SHIMER Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath....
NICHOLAS SPARKS As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to...
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it; the more it will elude you, but if you turn yo...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU It said the birds would eat the berries if there was a bad winter, but even with a cold snap, they s...
JUDY ALFORD The words I'm singing now Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
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- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER And what do they want!?
DEYTH BANGER With other people's cows. That way if they die in the winter, they aren't ours.
CAROL SHULTZ They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
BIBLE French inflation figures surprised on the up-side for a change. Normally they come in below expectat...
GWYN HACCHE If they were hunting, we'd be the biggest animal in the woods right now,
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JOHN FOWLES The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gon...
MARY OLIVER If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
EAMON DE VALERA I don't know if he surprised me. I went to make a butterfly stop and went down. He shot it top shelf...
DOMINIK HASEK If they had killed by father and my mother and all my friends, yet if they had come to treat of peac...
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JOHN BANVILLE If they suddenly leave like that they don't seem to be very interested in taking part.
HEINZ JUNGWIRTH Riders said they were thrilled that someone had donated bananas at the museum when they stopped. The...
DEB KAPP We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they com...
VODDIE T. BAUCHAM JR. We took whatever people had. And if they didn't have anything and they seemed credible, we helped th...
DON TRENT What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The ...
RICHIE NORTON I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several mo...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues...
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REBECCA HARRIS I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l...
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RICHARD DUE Surprises can rain down upon what had seemed a normal situation.
STEVEN REDHEAD People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in...
CARLISLE FLOYD Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had lo...
BIBLE And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sh...
WILLIAM BRADFORD There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they...
EVA FIGES It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they ha...
EVA FIGES In winter the very ground seemed to reach up and grab the elderly, yanking them to earth as though h...
LOUISE PENNY Elusive butterfly; happiness with beautiful, fragile wings, soaring on a delicate high.
JILL ANZINGER I'd be surprised if they do a total sale.
KAPIL KAUL In response to a ridiculous statement by Edith: " I've gotta quote for you, Edith. --'A bird that al...
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CHRIS MCALISTER It seemed like they got better as the game went on. We had a lot of chances, but it just seemed like...
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MALCOLM COWLEY They were very surprised, and I think they were a little overwhelmed by the response. They seemed to...
JOEL GRAY If they love they know not why, they hate upon no better ground, they hate upon no better a ground.
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CALEB DOLAN I felt as if the Milky Way, hovering above our heads like a celestial pitcher, had suddenly overturn...
MEG CABOT Parting they seemed to tread upon the air,/ Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart / Only to meet agai...
JOHN KEATS God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply dest...
J.I. PACKER The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they...
EDWARD BURNETT TYLOR I would be very surprised if they did not emerge in the next six months. But they've had a lot of mi...
MIKE BOYD Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice.
JOHN BURNHAM SCHWARTZ They knocked the woods down in a matter of four days.
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JANET BODNAR But this too is true: stories can save us.
TIM O'BRIEN I would be really surprised if they announced a settlement.
DANA HAYTER The deadline is set and they think I am their pet.
SANTOSH KALWAR I'd be surprised if they recommend clemency,
ROBERT BECKER Die in winter woods," roared Tarin, as if it were his most
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KATE DICAMILLO If they keep this up for years they are going to completely wipe out winter tourism.
DAVE MATTSON The band is going from strength to strength every day. 'Tis a difficult thing to suddenly come forth...
CARL BARAT As they come forth, Lord, to sow, release upon them, Father, the power to get, to create, to receive...
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HALE IRWIN They seemed weak but OK. They said they had eaten coconuts, boars and wild shoots. They hunted to st...
SHAUKAT HUSSAIN I was surprised in a disappointed way. They had lots of good products but nothing really new.
JANET HOFFMAN The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and...
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EDITH STEIN As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people...
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EDITH STEIN The emotions have been seen as the center of woman's soul. For that reason, emotional formation ...
EDITH STEIN One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And t...
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EDITH STEIN The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elev...
EDITH STEIN If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
EDITH STEIN My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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EDITH SITWELL I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
EDITH SITWELL I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
EDITH SITWELL Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred a...
EDITH SITWELL A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
EDITH SITWELL People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looki...
EDITH SCHAEFFER The farm women are extremely well organized and are bound to be heard from.
EDITH ROGERS I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinki...
EDITH ROGERS But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should conf...
EDITH ROGERS The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its min...
EDITH PEARLMAN I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition b...
EDITH PEARLMAN I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be...
EDITH PEARLMAN I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity ...
EDITH PEARLMAN There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifyin...
EDITH PEARLMAN I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
EDITH PEARLMAN Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobilit...
EDITH PEARLMAN In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as ...
EDITH PEARLMAN The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and pr...
EDITH PEARLMAN I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devo...
EDITH PEARLMAN I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you'...
EDITH PEARLMAN