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Mothers yielding Bibles, contemplating smearing the blood of lamb chops over her doorway. Anything to keep her son alive another day.


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ADRIANO GIANNINI Hutaweza kumiliki watu bila damu ya Mwanakondoo.
ENOCK MAREGESI Every night when I close my eyes, I ask God to watch over her, keep her safe.
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“Dozens, my Lord, until her sword was dull with the blood of ...
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ANNA SHEA Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
AMBROSE BIERCE Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
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GAYLE FORMAN Man the ship and bring her alive.
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GREG CRAIG I really wanted her to succeed. She had such high standards for herself and (her son).
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CHARLES PERRAULT My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she lov...
STEVEN WRIGHT I want to find her alive, that's it.
IRMA LOPEZ Brick walls towered over her. Decrepit staircases crowded about her. Nothing had changed. The line t...
SARAH SUNDIN When you look at her,
if you do not feel
blessed to have her.
She is not yours to kee...
PIERRE ALEX JEANTY I cannot let my blood pressure rise because someone wishes to spread his or her bad day around, as i...
THOMM QUACKENBUSH That was part of the propellant that got her associated with our organization. Her son Larry Carleto...
HOWARD MORTON We need to maintain her speed and explosion. It's very important for us to keep what she's got witho...
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.
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JOAN GRIFFITH She raised him like her own son.
JUDY TESSIER Though thou loved her as thyself,
As a self of purer clay,
Tho' her parting dims the day,
S...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The value of anything is only relative in the moment of contemplating it.
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