Anna's voice wasn't a beautiful voice - rough edged and sorrowful, a bit used, somehow male and female at once. Yet it had more vibrancy to it than most Danish voices, which were often thin and white and too pretty to trigger a shiver. Anna's voice had the heat of the south; it warmed Einar, as if her throat were red with coals.
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Related When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES And there was a voice, a high clear, female voice, which said "Ow", and then, very quietly, it said ... NEIL GAIMAN Amanda had to wear a weighted body suit to give her the structure of a boy. She handled it great, ex... ANDY FICKMAN Then two wonders happened at the same moment. One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other vo... C.S. LEWIS A voice had begun to sing. It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what directi... C.S. LEWIS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS If I want to get a certain color and use a female voice, ... who better than her? GAVIN ROSSDALE But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear hear... C.S. LEWIS And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the v... BIBLE It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English cultur... CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your v... JOAN BLONDELL If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS I think that, by and large, the predominant voice we hear in rock music is a white male voice. CORIN TUCKER Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and mos... CHARLES M. BLOW Trust me, ... As a Red Sox fan, it wasn't about baseball. Somebody had to be the voice of the neighb... ANN CROWLEY It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly... ANNE RICE "The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decid... CECILIA BARTOLI "The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who ... CECILIA BARTOLI Hush!’ said the Cabby. They all listened. In the darkness something was happening at la... C.S. LEWIS I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked bad... ELLEN POTTER I’m not a singer by any means. If it was a fictional character where it was a made-up voice, ... JOAQUIN PHOENIX I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like... GREGORY MAGUIRE It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER My voice had a long, nonstop career. 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Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my ... JOHNNY MATHIS Whenever I would get discouraged, I'd see the faces of the people who were going to have no voice in... GWEN MOORE Colors. Would it be green or blue today? Maybe white—my favorite. A dark voice in the back of my m... JULIE HOCKLEY The feeling of loving her and being loved by her welled up in him, and he could taste the adrenaline... JOHN GREEN 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON Her voice had a thin thread of sadness running through it that made the song important, that made it... ANN PETRY If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL [A voice coach and a linguistics expert had interesting things to say, but, really, this was a good ... BRIAN SEWELL After my initial consultation with the credit union, I told them they were completely on the edge of... BRIAN SIMS Beautifying the campus and designing a new advising system among other initiatives since [Chancellor... BIZ VOICE Voice your opinion. It could make all the difference SOTONYE ANGA For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long... NANA MOUSKOURI This was the first time I thought of S— that day. Her music was beautiful, her voice was beautiful... ROMAN PAYNE You listen to anybody who suppresses you. And your personality fractures into thousands of pieces. U... OSHO The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS I don’t know how to talk because I’m feeling. I’m listening to my voice as if it were som... ALBERTO CAEIRO And then that voice from behind her said her name again. "Celaena." They had d... SARAH J. MAAS His truly beautiful voice and melodic, understated guitar style contrasted dramatically with the mor... BRUCE IGLAUER I think that (my character) President David Palmer was the voice of conscience on that series, and i... DENNIS HAYSBERT I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ab... VICTORIA LEGRAND The timbre of his voice went into that low register that made my insides curl in on themselves--it w... CORA CARMACK She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter t... ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just ... WENDELL PIERCE They also had a guest choir from Malden, Massachusetts, and the featured soloist with the choir was ... VALERIE CUNNINGHAM I realized the shells were talking in a voice I recognized. I should have; it was my own. Had I alwa... STEPHEN KING It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His c... PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D. I can feel you watching me." Her breathy voice slid over him and it felt like her fingers were runni... SETTA JAY If Sean's voice is layers of wood, and Mina Ma's is the voice a copper pot, then Mathew Mercer's is ... SANGU MANDANNA There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the v... ALICE OSWALD He felt Death reaching out to him. But all of a sudden there was something else, too: words. Words t... CORNELIA FUNKE Wait!" I called. Too loud. All around me, the trees seemed to be listening, injured at hearing such ... HOLLOW RYAN I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been pri... KEN LIVINGSTONE I had a hole in my voice. I still do. We call it a hole, but it's an area in the voice where it&... CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime... STEPHEN FRY If technologically and economically feasible, it is unlikely that providers will only offer high-spe... LISA PIERCE Somehow when I express my voice, I feel that much more vulnerable. For instance, if I used the wrong... CARRIE ANN INABA We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break tog... C.S. LEWIS Her voice was like the voice the stars
Had when they sang together. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI I had fun, and they said I had a strong voice. But they also said they were being tougher this year ... GARY MOORE That creamy California sound that he superimposed on the rough-edged folk-rock sound that we were do... TIMOTHY WHITE The Fox and the Crow
A crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. ... AESOP I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice. BRENDA HOLLOWAY She had a beautiful voice. She was a trained concert singer. DORIS WILLIAMS As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of t... BARRY JENKINS Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY When I see her,” I said, “it’s like - I don’t know what it’s like. It’s like I never saw... SARAH WATERS Julia had been angry most of her life. She may have grown up in wealth and privilege but she’d had... AMY ANDREWS Of course, these were only dreams. How could a sensible woman leave a happy marriage? All the same, ... MILAN KUNDERA There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It... YANNI Though it comes from her throat, I drink the sound of her voice. Her I love yous dehydrate me, becau... JAROD KINTZ But I wasn't done. Staring into eyes that were as bright and beautiful than any tawny jewel, I said ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our ... CRAIG GROESCHEL You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thi... JOHN GREEN If only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to ... GRAHAM GREENE What I love about Sade other than her smooth and sultry voice is her willingness to be vulnerable. A... WYNTER GORDON For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA
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