He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to.
He smelled the odor of the pine boughs under him, the piney smell of the crushed needles and the sharper odor of the resinous sap from the cut limbs. ... This is the smell I love. This and fresh-cut c...
He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. Sorry. I-I didn't mean to. I just- I've been lying here for hours, thi...
He began on the hidden hooks to her bodice as she stood still, her breasts rising and falling tremblingly beneath his fingers. It was like undressing a wild animal. Or an angel who had consented to st...
For the first time the Don showed annoyance. He poured another glass of anisette and drank it down. He pointed a finger at his son. You want to learn, he said. Now listen to me. A man's first duty is...
For Frito-Lay! - Newel and Doren
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles...
Eyllwe, Chaol breathed. Send word to Eyllwe. Tell them to hold on—tell them to prepare. Perhaps it was the light, perhaps it was the cold, but Aedion could have sworn there were tears in the captain's...
Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owi...
Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.
Dar cum sa vorbesti despre un rau care nu poate fi descris,care isi schimba infatisarea ca norii, care se involbureaza ca vantul?
Bulgaria, I reflected as I walked back to the hotel, isn’t a country; it’s a near-death experience.
Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. There's plenty I'm afraid of. Just not vampires.''We fear the unknown,' she said. 'You must know a lot about vampires.
Because of sorrow, my awareness of life's pulse is strongly detectable. It is syncopation while I journey, a lap of ocean in the eyes of every person I meet. This awareness informs the flesh of my sto...
Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.''Girls don't shave', Arya said.'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?
At this hourLie at my mercy all mine enemies.
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must possess or teach himself, train himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and t...
Ambiverts typically . . .• Can process information both internally and externally. They need time to contemplate on their own, but consider the opinions and wisdom from people whom they trust when mak...
All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what kind, drowning themselves in...
A true knight is cleanly as well as godly.
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