May God forgive me, but the letters of the alphabet frighten me terribly. They are sly, shameless demons - and dangerous! You open the inkwell, release them; they run off - and how will you ever get control of them again!
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I ask that you forgive yourself, and I ask that you ... DONNA M THOMAS Don Pedro - (...)'In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.' Benedick - The savage bull... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poor girls. The world fattens them on the promise of love. How badly they need it, and how little mo... EMMA CLINE They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. CARL W. BUECHNER I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. ARTHUR WELLESLEY But that is how men are! Ungrateful and never satisfied. When you don't have them they hate you beca... D.H. LAWRENCE They gave me their names, asking me to forgive them and to pray for them. I would later learn how im... VASSULA RYDEN After Stand By Me came out people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' an... RIVER PHOENIX i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... 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PAU GASOL It can be anything that gives them a sense of control, ... A lot of performance is mind over matter,... HENRY HARTMAN You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't ... TOMMY CHONG Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may no... WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden p... RANDY BACHMAN You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are pic... OMAR AHMAD Some revelations have been reserved for the last days for God to accomplish His original plan. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY People die from checkmate..., they run and run they are always the figure king, they run and run one... DEYTH BANGER They are in a hole, and you get down in the hole with them and ease them out of it. We help them tak... MARCIA NELSON Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are alw... FULTON J. SHEEN They become dangerous as you get to know them ARDIT BALISHA Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see y... ORISON SWETT MARDEN Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see... ORISON SWETT MARDEN Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see y... ORISON SWETT MARDEN We were kind of stagnant on offense and they were sagging off of me a little bit and it was making i... SHARNEE ZOLL If a man's esteem and gratitude are ever worth the winning, you have won mine today. If ever the fut... BRAM STOKER He is tolerated by the gods, perhaps because his stratagems and plans save them as often as they get... NEIL GAIMAN How does it feel, to break a part of you each day and feed to the demons inside the other person in ... AKSHAY VASU Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your ... DOUGLAS ADAMS Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your ... JAMES DEAN They are a very dangerous team and, I'm telling you, they could run the table. GEORGE BLANEY Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terri... BARBRA STREISAND Most days my demons are silent, but when they talk, oh, God, how they scream. WRITERSBLOCKEDMIND I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON LOVE is the glue that holds all the pieces of me and you... PHILIP T. M. 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WALT WHITMAN To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in He... ARTHUR W. PINK Doormatitis: door-mat-i-tis noun; low self-worth. A learned behavior where the infected person allow... P.A. SPEERS If you let them run and gun, they'll beat you all over the ice. They have a lot of dangerous weapons... BRODIE DUPONT The most important things are scariest when they live in your head. When you open your mouth and spe... ANDREW KASZOWSKI Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affec... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocea... NICHOLAS SPARKS I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd... NICHOLAS SPARKS Change isn't always for the best. NICHOLAS SPARKS I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. 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