Try not to trip, she added. We don't have time for a concussion today.I groaned. That would be just like me - ruin everything, destroy the world, in a moment of klutziness.
To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.
Throughout this book I have tried to point out why interest, especially as it has been used by people such as Hume, Smith, Tocqueville, and Weber, is still a very useful concept. One reason why the co...
Though they won't say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America.
The — the prophecy . . . the prediction . . . Trelawney . . .Ah, yes. How much did you relay to Lord Voldemort?Everything — everything I heard! That is why — it is for that reason — he thinks it means...
The suspicion that certain ancient authorities possessed good knowledge of the real shape of the Atlantic and its islands, and of the lands on both sides of it, must also arise from any objective read...
The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the...
The sea does not belong to tyrants. - Captain Nemo
The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs.
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.
The man had a hand down between her legs, and he must have been hurting her there, because the woman started to moan, low in her throat.
The light-shaded Porcupine Bank can easily be seen directly west of Ireland, in exactly the same place, and roughly the same size, as the legendary Hy-Brasil on the portolan charts. The entire bank li...
The blast that swept him came off New Hampshire snow-fields and ice-hung forests. It seemed to have traversed interminable leagues of frozen silence, filling them with the same cold roar and sharpenin...
The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left uno...
The American woods have been unnerving people for 300 years. The inestimably priggish and tiresome Henry David Thoreau thought nature was splendid, splendid indeed, so long as he could stroll to town...
That's the best thing I can think of. Having a good hold on your arse always makes me feel steady.
That part of your life is over. Set it aside as something you have finished. Complete or no, it is done with you. No being gets to decide what his life is supposed to be...'Be a man. Discover where yo...
Tell me when you want to pick it up again.Tell me when Satan starts a snowball fight.I'll do that. Lunch?
Teachers dread nothing so much as unusual characteristics in precocious boys during the initial stages of their adolescence. A certain streak of genius makes an ominous impression on them, for there e...
Stupid. Stupid. Foaly, we are both imbeciles. I don't expect lateral thinking from the LEP, but from you...... What is it? [Holly] asked, afraid of the answer, which must surely be terrible.Yeah, agre...
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