Peter was not with them for the moment, and they felt rather lonely up there by themselves. He could go so much faster than they that he would suddenly shoot out of sight, to have some adventure in which they had no share. He would come down laughing over something fearfully funny he had been saying to a star, but he had already forgotten what it was, or he would come up with mermaid scales still sticking to him, and yet not be able to to say for certain what had been happening. It was really rather irritating to children who had never seen a mermaid.
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Halfway through high school, I moved from Bra... J.M. RICHARDS Well, if you can accept that I’m a great big geeky fangirl, then I guess I can accept that you’r... J.M. RICHARDS When the moment shifts, and you realize you don't actually want to be alone, that underneath the bra... J.M. RICHARDS I know he’s a realist, he’s okay with being alone, and he helps people when he thinks no one is ... J.M. RICHARDS I Can Be Alone and it's Okay. J.M. RICHARDS I got through it, and I wore it like a badge of honor—I Can Be Alone and it's Okay. J.M. RICHARDS You shouldn’t have to pretend to be as excited as I am just to make me happy. If it comes to that,... J.M. RICHARDS As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, stro... J.M. RICHARDS Being in love with your best friend is problematic. J.M. RICHARDS You always question what's new. It's human nature. While everything else, you know, no matter how st... J.M. DARHOWER Um, you don’t have to join me, but if you’re looking for a table, there are a couple good seats ... J.M. RICHARDS Usually the things that kill us are the things we do every single day. J.M. MCDERMOTT The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but see... J.M. SYNGE As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or insane, so a man who has made... J.M. SYNGE In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple. J.M. SYNGE The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do. J.M. COETZEE I am not the we of anyone J.M. COETZEE Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of l... J.M. COETZEE The distinctive crimes of this generation are crimes of subtlety and finesse. —ALEXANDER S. ... J.M. CARLISLE Alan shrugged. “I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president—” “Co-president,” Sp... J.M. RICHARDS Lewis exasperated her, always talking about life before the Plague and how it would be if everything... J.M. SULLIVAN With the buck before me suspended in immobility, there seems to be time for all things, time even to... J.M. COETZEE Who are you?” he asked, in a bewildered tone. I cocked my head at him, totally baffled. “I told ... J.M. RICHARDS I wouldn’t joke if you weren’t always patching me up,” Davin retorted. He looked at Chad again... J.M. RICHARDS It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a di... J.M. RICHARDS Den Staat kümmert nicht, ob der Bürger lebt oder stirbt. Wichtig für den Staat und sein Archiv is... J.M. COETZEE Wie es im Zeitalter der Könige naiv gewesen wäre zu glauben, dass der erstgeborene Königssohn der... J.M. COETZEE she’d rather sacrifice herself than him suffer a single moment because of her existence. J.M. DARHOWER You fix what's broken, not what's lost. He's gone. You can't fix that. You can't bring him back. But... J.M. DARHOWER The sun is setting, the sky is a tumult of oranges, reds and violets. J.M. COETZEE I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as st... J.M. COETZEE Do not think to swim below. The ocean is already pushing into ears, sinuses, temples, the softness o... J.M. LEDGARD From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth . J.M. COETZEE When you're mortal, life is nothing more than a drawn-out game of Russian Roulette. Every moment is ... J.M. DARHOWER He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. DARHOWER He once envied the humans because they were given the Earth, but looking at her, he wondered if mayb... J.M. DARHOWER I suddenly felt the way Cinderella might have felt if she hadn’t had that convenient midnight curf... J.M. RICHARDS The problem in this world is that we have poetry but insist on living in prose. J.M. CAMPOS I don’t want to go home yet.” He twisted at the waist and patted the seat behind him. “Take a ... J.M. STEWART The reason is that as far as I am concerned, what happened to me is a purely private matter. In anot... J.M. COETZEE Adam delayed only a second longer before traversing into the uncertain future, crossing the hidden d... J.M. NORTHUP He would not mind hearing Petrus's story one day. But preferably not reduced to English. More and mo... J.M. COETZEE Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of respo... J.M. COETZEE I'm sorry, my child, I just find it hard to whip up an interest in the subject. It's admirable, what... J.M. COETZEE Dia wrinkled her nose. “Gross. You need a decent girl, one that can straighten you out.” �... J.M. DARHOWER Die Herren der Information haben die Poesie aus dem Auge verloren, wo Worte eine Bedeutung haben kö... J.M. COETZEE That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. JAMES BARRIE