I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, j... C.S. LEWIS If I was drowning you would part the sea And risk your own life to rescue me . . . JAMIE MCGUIRE I can't find who wrote this (it was't me)but I think it is great. Before I was your moth... BETH LYON BARNETT I think lots of things, Denny, and I dismiss nothing. When I know, then I'll act. JACK CALDWELL I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I love, love, love John Mayer. He's incredible. I love all of his records and even his John Maye... SHANE HARPER It's a physical sickness. Étienne. How much I love him. I love Étienne. STEPHANIE PERKINS This malady which Swann’s love had become had so proliferated, was so closely interwoven with all ... MARCEL PROUST I can see his pain, see it in the way he runs his fingers through his hair, over and over, and I und... LIBBA BRAY She was remembering His gaze, those deep pools of blue, crystalline in nature, peering deep into her... FRANK L. DESILVA He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed tha... LEO TOLSTOY I’ve tried so hard to stay away from you,” he whispered one night, cuddling her while the moonli... LISA KLEYPAS To take away a man’s sanity, answer all his prayers and solve all his problems. Or give him everyt... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self... BUDDHA I love to write about Nabokov and also to think about him. I love his attitude that he is incomparab... JAMES SALTER His face was all bloody. He had blood coming from his nose and mouth, and he was flopping (on the gr... JULIE WILSON The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season AND CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in... AND CITY Desperate Housewives. AND CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. AND CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] AND CITY Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-... AND CITY It's such a tribute to my show. My show is so good. I feel so blessed to play such a strong characte... AND CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... AND CITY I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth... AND CITY Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ... AND CITY Honey, I've decided we're going to Louisiana. JILL AND We'll have to find new accommodation tonight, JILL AND None of these places, of course, are charging any rent, JILL AND And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyon... MOLIERE We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Through all of it we try to keep him humble and keep his feet on the ground. BRUCE BROWN Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l... KUO HIS I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his t... HARRY CONNICK, JR. I really admire David Guetta; he's an unbelievable DJ and I love his style, his music and everyt... PAULY D All at once it was just too much, and Harvey felt something about to snap. He drew back into the sha... YUKAKO KABEI Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be... HOWARD ZINN And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, a... BIBLE My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfat... AZZEDINE ALAIA Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS He murmured her name, tenderly taking her face in his hands. “I love you,” he said, his voice lo... JULIA QUINN Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from t... VINCE LOMBARDI Rain woke him, a slow drizzle, his feet tangled in coils of discarded fiberoptics. The arcade's sea ... WILLIAM GIBSON I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne... VERONICA ROTH “I can’t give you all the things I once hoped to,” he says. “But I can give you... A.G. HOWARD Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries... CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER And when he looked, he saw the canopy had folded under and then he saw the victim hit the ground and... DAVE BOOTON He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gos... ROBERT RIPLEY God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The... JOHANNES TAULER He was telling us all that he loved us, and we told him it was OK, he could go to all his friends, a... DONNA JOHNSON Maybe I am getting too grown to want to sleep with Mama. But like a baby, I still have this smallnes... CONNIE ROSE PORTER Beside us lies a fair-headed recruit in utter terror. He has buried his face in his hands, his helme... ERICH MARIA REMARQUE You were always saying you were gonna shoot him," he mutters, but it's kind of half-hearted. "Stupid... RICHARD RIDER Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground. PATRICIA HIGHSMITH A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him p... MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA A deceitful man will go as far as to trample all over a woman’s reputation and spirit, in order to... SHANNON L. ALDER When I spoke with his widow today, she spoke touchingly about how important he felt this work was an... PETER HARDER The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life―until he fell in love with Christ and gave a... PETER KREEFT And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jer... BIBLE A fool stares up looking at the sky stating its the limit, a idiots look down at the ground stating ... SYNECA DE JORMUNGAND The description of the air and sand going in his mouth when he inhaled while he was under the ground... PETER CARLISLE Sun shines on my back as I walk away Sun shines on my chest and I return The fall air is c... BRENT M. JONES Love can be simply stated to be the desire of the human being to integrate oneself with other selves... AWDHESH SINGH For the person who tortured me in jail. For the person who tortured the many of my followers a... AHMAD MOFTIZADEH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and... VERONICA ROTH No. No!” he says. “I . . .” He looks wildly around the room. For inspiration? For divine ... E.L. JAMES He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object belove... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Well, I saw 10 minutes of 'Love Actually' the other day and I was like, 'Oh my God, he's in love wit... CAMERON DIAZ Books! And cleverness! There are more important things-friendship and bravery and-oh Harry-be carefu... J.K. ROWLING Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves can onl... MAX MULLER I approached him and I asked his name. He says, 'I'm Brennan,' FORREST NUNLEY His truck was all shot at. He saw his friend being dragged out and being stoned first. And the guy i... JOANNE BRADSHAW He drifted about with his head full of myths, always at least half lost in some otherland of story. ... LAINI TAYLOR He laughs with relief. “Yes.” The word yes is so much more beautiful coming from his mouth, lace... COLLEEN HOOVER Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his fee... BIBLE Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surpr... GARTH NIX Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him... BIBLE He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object belove... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Apparently the impact took Jim off his feet and turned him upside down and he landed head-first on t... JEFF WATERS Having mercy is an act of love and a gift of the Holy Spirit. JAIME CONTRERAS When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews? SARAH JESSICA PARKER In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every wor... FULTON J. SHEEN ....Then he felt quite ashamed, and hid his head under his wing; for he did not know what to do, he ... HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Every part of his game looks better. His arm strength, his footwork, his timing -- it just seems lik... BOB GEREN He stood in a room, looking around, seeing thousands of himself. He banged the walls made of mirrors... AKSHAY VASU Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
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ANNE BRONTë I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly; I seldom put, and certainly never keep, things in order; I... CHARLOTTE BRONTë The word book acted as a transient stimulus CHARLOTTE BRONTë I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive ... ANNE BRONTë You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take... ANNE BRONTë Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of t... CHARLOTTE BRONTë As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conce... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Evening Solace The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sea... CHARLOTTE BRONTë A spirit of candor and frankness, when wholly unaccompanied with coarseness, he admired in othe... ANNE BRONTë So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided m... CHARLOTTE BRONTë . . . because we cannot conceive that as we grow up our own minds will become so enlarged and elevat... ANNE BRONTë Already, I seemed to feel my intellect deteriorating, my heart petrifying, my soul contracting; and ... ANNE BRONTë How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our o... ANNE BRONTë I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester CHARLOTTE BRONTë Rochester: "I am no better than the old lightning-struck chestnut-tree in Thornfield orchard…And w... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Tell me, now, fairy as you are, - can't you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort... CHARLOTTE BRONTë My hopes were all dead --- struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-b... CHARLOTTE BRONTë To women who please me only by their faces, I am the very devil when I find out they have neither so... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I thank my Maker, that in the midst of judgment he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeeme... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force! CHARLOTTE BRONTë Then my sole relief was to walk along the corridor of the third storey, backwards and forwards, safe... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. CHARLOTTE BRONTë Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love... CHARLOTTE BRONTë And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Relinquish! What! my vocation? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven? M... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a n... CHARLOTTE BRONTë And as for the vague something --- was it a sinister or a sorrowful, a designing or a desponding exp... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charm... ANNE BRONTë I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I deligh... CHARLOTTE BRONTë The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and s... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivi... CHARLOTTE BRONTë What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same the... CHARLOTTE BRONTë To talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking. CHARLOTTE BRONTë And what is hell? Can you tell me that?” “A pit full of fire.” “And should you lik... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I am no bird, no net ensnares me. CHARLOTTE BRONTë