Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly. The living voice of his parents. Elisha's eyes. These were reasons enough to set off on another adventure. Reasons to be Toby Lolness again.
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I think, 'What's goin... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND By 1951, television had already made such inroads on the income garnered by motion picture companies... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an ene... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I had a very big crush on Errol Flynn during 'Captain Blood.' I thought he was absolutely sm... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That au... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is ... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I wouldn't wish overnight success on anyone. You have no real friends. Everyone works endless ho... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news ... MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. MADAME DE STAEL Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them. MADAME DE STAEL That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself foun... MADAME DE STAEL Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. MADAME DE STAEL Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are... MADAME DE STAEL A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. MADAME DE STAEL Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one pr... MADAME DE STAEL To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. MADAME DE STAEL Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things ... MADAME DE STAEL Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. MADAME DE STAEL Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. MADAME DE STAEL Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. MADAME DE STAEL The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it... MADAME DE STAEL Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the check... MADAME DE STAEL We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us. MADAME DE STAEL