All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television.
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Related All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. ROALD DAHL They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The little queen’s mother and father had said that she would live on, for a long time, and that he... MEIA GEDDES They had stopped now and he gave a glance up at the sky, through the trees, as though to see how muc... KATHLEEN WINSOR From the little reading I had done I had observed that the men who were most in life, who were moldi... HENRY MILLER Chess lied to herself every day; it was just something she did, like taking her pills or making sure... STACIA KANE Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could giv... PATRICK HENRY She had given him all she had - but what was it compared to the other gifts life held for him? She u... EDITH WHARTON I had had the job for three weeks. It was dreary. You couldn't read; they didn't like it. I would fe... JEAN RHYS One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read &... RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN A lengthy and painful discussion followed. It lasted through tea and dinner. It was revealed to Lady... KAGE BAKER I have never had anything done to my face because then you end up looking as they all do in America.... JOANNA LUMLEY ... there had been the two little boys. Now they were gone, too. They loved her and called her and s... CATHLEEN SCHINE The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was tha... J.K. ROWLING She hoped that they would someday find a cure for cancer. She never wanted her kids, or anyone, to g... JIM HOUDEK She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times by Rafael that if she left him that h... CHIEF JOSEPH Selfishly, perhaps, Catti-brie had determined that the assassin was her own business. He had unnerve... R.A. SALVATORE Only humans can hurt one another, Ada thought; only humans falter and betray one another with a stun... LIZ MOORE She was bigger than life. Loved everybody. Never had a bad day. Never met a stranger. Would give you... LAINE TADLOCK Jill... had explained homosexuality, after Mike had read about it and failed to grok--and had given ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they... ERNEST HELLO There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when th... ERNEST HELLO What made more sense was that the bargain she was bound to was to go on living as she had been doing... ALICE MUNRO She just happened to feel like it. Wasn’t that after all, the only reason there was? Had she ever ... RICHARD YATES ...If only one had a little more time to do some important reading, all the secrets in the world wou... LEMONY SNICKET My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two. BRAD PAISLEY What troubled people especially was not just the tragedy--or even the needlessness--but the element ... WALTER LORD Belinda stared into the fire for some time, thinking about what she had in her life, and what she ha... NEIL GAIMAN I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then... JAY MCINERNEY We had been with the men, we had let them do what they wanted. But they would never know the parts o... EMMA CLINE The guys that are proponents of doing that, and we know who they are, they have never had that happe... JAY HAYES He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... JOHN AUBREY We don't think Anna Nicole Smith will ever see any money. If Anna Nicole Smith had taken the six mil... DAVID MARGULIES There was no such person as Mrs. Wayne Wilmot; there was only a shell containing the opinions of her... AYN RAND There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, bette... JOKO BECK And if We had prescribed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from your homes, they would not h... QURAN There were days - she could remember this - when Henry would hold her hand as they walked home, midd... ELIZABETH STROUT He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... JOHN AUBREY He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... ISAAC ASIMOV It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to s... CARSON MCCULLERS For a long time that had seemed to her to be the key to life: Life--real life--was just a solitude w... KEVIN BROCKMEIER Although my mother was her own person during their marriage, she loved and respected our father. The... BEATRICE E. MORRISON She had never expected anything special to just happen to her. Her plan for life was to get out ther... LEV GROSSMAN I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional ... TED TURNER There had been a time in Godfrey's life when, had she stood before him in all her splendor, he would... GEORGE MACDONALD Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen ... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's liv... PAULO COELHO She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was no... TONI MORRISON She had been waiting for someone to notice her, like, really notice her. She felt that that was the ... ROSE FALL And it occurred to her that reading was, among other things, a muscle and one that she had seemingly... ALAN BENNETT Ever since she was a little girl there were a lot of people telling her what they wanted. It really ... BRENDA MILLER Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick pray... KATE CHOPIN If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. HOWARD ZINN If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates HOWARD ZINN People spend more time at work and have more friendships and interactions there than they would have... HENRY SAFFER Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was neces... JANE AUSTEN Before the battle they had been discussing whether there might be life after death, and Windham and ... JENNY UGLOW She was in fear for her life, ... She had been told many times if she left him, harm would come to (... CHIEF JOSEPH She wondered whether there would ever come an hour in her life when she didn't think of him -- didn'... PHILIP PULLMAN She was the first face that students would see when they came into the student union. She had a very... COLENE LIND She knew with suddeness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of m... STEPHEN KING He, who had done more than any human being to draw her out of the caves of her secret, folded life, ... ANAïS NIN They never had a better computer. They never had better lights. They never had better communication ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. BIBLE A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end. Men read a Dickens story six times b... G.K. CHESTERTON There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a li... FRANK SINATRA Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the qu... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Kubik played with a lot of confidence and scored well. She was aggressive and almost had a double-do... JEFF JUDKINS I couldn't understand; cheating was the one thing I'd told her all those years ago would be unforgiv... GARTH RISK HALLBERG She just enjoyed her son more than anything in life. She never had any regrets, ever. KATHY BENNETT Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of ... J.K. ROWLING They told her she would be freed if she made the video. She was also told they had killed another Am... ELLEN TUTTLE A direful death indeed they had / That would put any parent mad / But she was more than usual calm /... MARJORIE HOLMES But this was that view of human destiny which she had most passionately hated and rejected: the view... AYN RAND So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet t... RALPH BOSTON Julia had been angry most of her life. She may have grown up in wealth and privilege but she’d had... AMY ANDREWS This time I read the title of the painting: Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Interrupted at her music:... SUSANNA KAYSEN And if there had been more of the world, They would have reached it LUIS DE CAMOES Desire had never done anything good in her life, so she had divorced it years ago. TALENA WINTERS People looking at advertisements or reading their local newspapers would have had no idea that what ... GEORGE MILLER She gave her a reason to write her own words, to see that words had also brought her to life. ... MARKUS ZUSAK Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV when she looked longer at herself in her new dress, it was she but she living a different life, the ... MILAN KUNDERA We would never call inexplicable little insights 'hunches,' for fear of drawing the universe's atten... CHINA MIéVILLE Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was neces... JANE AUSTEN Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let... E. L. KONIGSBURG The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She... HAN KANG From this experience I understood the danger of focusing only on what isn't there. What if I came to... ARTHUR GOLDEN From this experience, I understood the danger of focusing only on what isn't there. What if I came t... ARTHUR GOLDEN She had always loved the stars. But tonight, she felt as if they were watching her, waiting for her ... SASHA ALSBERG There were plenty of women around who dressed smartly, and plenty more who dressed to impress, but t... HARUKI MURAKAMI If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and... VANCE HAVNER What was this power, this insidious threat, this invisible gun to her head that controlled her life ... FANNIE FLAGG There were a number of people who could have and should have recognized she was ill and done more to... DAVID HAYNES He had only heard of dragons, and although he had never seen one, he was sure they existed. DEE MARIE If (they) had seen the police officers, everything would be safe. ANDRES AVILA All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book.I used to spend all my time rea... KATHRYN MAGENDIE
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ARLENE DAHL I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a mus... ARLENE DAHL This class is special in the fact that they were completely dedicated to basketball. They're all I'v... CHRISTINA DAHL It's about righting a wrong. Somewhere along the line, someone screwed up. The feeling about the POW... JOHN DAHL It's a story about American combat in a foreign country, ... and it's a heroic story. Right now, not... JOHN DAHL I remember thinking this can't be happening, this can't be happening. ELIZABETH DAHL He didn't smoke or drink. He had low cholesterol. He worked out and walked a lot -- he didn't really... ELIZABETH DAHL It means a lot to know his memory is as alive for other people as it is for us. ELIZABETH DAHL You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out. VICTORIA DAHL Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without... VICTORIA DAHL When we beat North Dakota here in 2001. CRAIG DAHL The atmosphere in here (Friday) was electric. That was my second-favorite game ever. CRAIG DAHL Up here it's a little different because you're not so emotionally involved in the game. You're not a... CRAIG DAHL I have two of them in the morning. I enjoy it for breakfast. It can be a treat. ERIC DAHL It was used and it worked yesterday. ERIC DAHL They basically backed the truck right out of the building. ERIC DAHL Yesterday's fire showed that nobody is immune to fire. ERIC DAHL We give them that emotional and physical assurance. We have a strong camaraderie of residents and st... JAMES DAHL For every day you spend in the hospital, you need two days here. JAMES DAHL We're a skilled nursing rehabilitation facility open to the community. We're staffed by nurses 24 ho... JAMES DAHL A yard for my little Charlie...he's fit right in, he seems like he loves it. LORETTA DAHL I met a man across the street, he's in a wheelchair and he patrols the neighborhood, yeah, and I met... LORETTA DAHL I hadn't ever really planned on owning a house again because I'm on social security. LORETTA DAHL It means...it just means so much that I can have a home and be independent...its just great. LORETTA DAHL One of the things I love about this program, the kids know this is a safe place to fall. For example... JULI DAHL Jerry said if anyone ever found out how much fun we were having, we'd have to pay an entertainment t... JULI DAHL We've used all kinds of resources to furnish this place. JULI DAHL We are right on the bubble as far as postseason play is concerned. PAULA DAHL Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder especially i... DR. ROALD BAHR Wearing a helmet, if you're a skier or snowboarder, reduces your risk of having a head injury by 60 ... DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder -- especiall... DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder _ especially... DR. ROALD BAHR