One sin demands another to cover it.
Open brow and his fearless eyes. There were thousands like him all over the land of the maple. Let the Piper
Ought always to try to influence other people for good.
Part due to accidental circumstances—the
People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?
Relish.
Ruthlessly
She drank in the beauty of the summer dusk, sweet-scented with flower breaths from the garden below and sibilant and rustling from the stir of poplars. The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faint...
She never said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings—which may be a negative talent but is likewise a rare and enviable one.
Splendid to think of all the things there are to find out
The best of it all was the coming home.
There's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.
To hike along a deep-rutted, pebbly lane in frail, silver-hued slippers with high French heels, is not an exhilirating experience.
Triumphant general. I'd give EVERYTHING to see a big battle. Well, Jem was to be a soldier and see a greater battle
Was my pore boy.
Was not a pleasant day, and to make matters worse it rained until late in the afternoon. The Story Girl had not recovered from the mortifications of the previous day; she would not talk, and she would...
We get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
What is to be thanked for this. I did
When common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.
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