That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early hours of the afternoon and all his defences were up once more. She could not again disregard the ‘No Thoroughfare’ sign; so she left it to him to start a fresh subject.
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Related His hands tightened on her shoulders as the truth washed over him. My God, she really had told him y... CAROLYN JEWEL Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON He is so beautiful," she thought, aching from the sadness that she saw in his eyes. In the late-afte... SHIRA ANTHONY When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she ha... STIEG LARSSON Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... JANE AUSTEN She couldn’t walk away from him again. Her heart couldn’t take it and she didn’t think his cou... KATIE REUS His breath caught, harsh enough that she looked over her shoulder. But his eyes weren't o... SARAH J. MAAS She was a creature of the deep, and there she must return, or perish. Toby understood that, but it h... JULIET MARILLIER She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER She said that he picked up her son and threw him on the floor. He said that the little boy had fell ... DEMETRA BLEVINS They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of di... WILLIAM TREVOR Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had ... JULIET MARILLIER Her hand accidentally brushed up against his chest. She froze. His breathing remained steady and reg... CATE CAMPBELL BEATTY No, it had never been like this for him before, with anyone. Of all the women he’d known, she was ... J.D. ROBB She wondered whether there would ever come an hour in her life when she didn't think of him -- didn'... PHILIP PULLMAN Prove it!" she hissed. "Prove you are who you are!" "We don't have time for this! You really wa... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ Delicately, she parted her lips, swept them against his, and kissed first his top, then the bottom. ... KELLY MORAN Now now,” he said, setting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t even see her turn. One moment she... MATT TOMERLIN It had belonged to that idea of the exasperated consciousness of his victim to become a real test fo... HENRY JAMES Her hands warming on tea looked like chunks of knitting a child had felted in grubby palms. Enough d... LAUREN GROFF It looks like the suspect was upset that his wife had left him on Sunday. He knew she was having an ... CARRIE RODGERS She tried to tear herself away from him. The effort broke against his arms that had not felt it. Her... AYN RAND It was not only Odette's indifference, however, that he must take pains to circumvent; it was also, ... MARCEL PROUST It was only his second start since July, and he had to fight hard. I'd have rather seen him not get ... BARCLAY TAGG His mind drifted back to times past. He missed the companionship of his old pack. He had grown up in... ALAN KINROSS His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. The... APRILYNNE PIKE He had no idea how wonderful he was. How his hands were so beautiful she could hardly look at them. ... CAMMIE MCGOVERN He felt safe with her. He'd never been safe with another human being, not since he'd been taken as a... CHRISTINE FEEHAN Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did... LEO TOLSTOY We should go back inside," she said, in a half whisper. She did not want to go back inside. She want... CASSANDRA CLARE She tried to remember all the times she had spoken to him. She replayed every moment she could remem... MAHITA VAS He slept still in the induced coma his doctors had kept him in since he arrived. She could see the b... MARY BROCK JONES Royce understood then why she had come: she had come to finish the task her relatives had begun; to ... JUDITH MCNAUGHT Jay showed up after school with a bouquet of flowers and an armful of DVDs, although Violet couldn�... KIMBERLY DERTING When George spotted the pinup girl of his fondest fantasies across that cheesy bar, he had no idea w... KRISTEN CASEY She tilted her head, looking back down at Del’s notes as she absently tore the crust off her pizza... PRISCILLA GLENN My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD The death of her father and mother and the rich acres of and that had come down to her had set a tra... SHERWOOD ANDERSON She showed him something no one else had ever shown him; that it was possible to love someone more t... CARLOS SALINAS It had only been two days – two days – since he’d seen her last, and yet he’d missed her eve... ANGELA B. WADE She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed t... J.K. ROWLING Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS She turned to look at Sebastian, lying on the bed. He was shirtless, and even in the dim light the o... CASSANDRA CLARE She has never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and exc... JODI PICOULT But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY He smiled at her, and Sophie’s emotions went to war. She had always admired Banallt’s intellect ... CAROLYN JEWEL He knew in the way that she was a part of him, the way her breathing was his breathing, and her drea... CASSANDRA CLARE But she loved her dad; she was a daddy's girl. She said her father had changed the life insurance an... MALINDA GONZALES She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and... NICHOLAS SPARKS It seemed that unbeknownst to her father, the lecherous bishop had chased Clio for the entire previo... JILL BARNETT She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !! Then SHe went and left him restles... DOUGLAS SELF It took her three seconds-one, two, three-to know that her destiny required her to join this man, an... JAMES A. MICHENER If she could take my strength. He put his hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. If she could hav... JAN HOLLY She was darkness and he was darkness and there had never been anything before this time, only darkne... MARGARET MITCHELL Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of fai... CASSANDRA CLARE Lisa was thinking, as she climbed the apparently unending staircase, the she had taken pretty long o... ALEISTER CROWLEY At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes o... STEPHEN KING She didn’t know how long they stood on that roof, tangled up in each other, mouths and hands rovin... SARAH J. MAAS His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, ... D.H. LAWRENCE She wondered If I had woken up, would I have smelled his sadness, his desperation, and his detachmen... RACHEL THOMPSON She certainly did not hate him. No; hatred had vanished long ago, and she had almost as long been as... JANE AUSTEN The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bo... SHANNON HALE He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I... ERICH SEGAL Harry had been picturing his parents’ deaths over and over again for three years now, ever since h... J.K. ROWLING But Julian's blood was different. When she saw it she thought of him, shot and crumpling, the way hi... CASSANDRA CLARE exhilaration fizzed through Clarke’s body. Before she realised what she was doing, she had thrown ... KASS MORGAN While this is all very amusing, the kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires,�... CASSANDRA CLARE He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him.... BONNIE DEE How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smelled like rain, or how... JODI PICOULT With the passing of time, she would slowly tire of this exercise. She would find it increasingly exh... KHALED HOSSEINI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He took time to explain the course of the disease and he supported Karen and assured her that he wou... JOELLYN SCHULTZ It’s about the dream of second chances,” he says finally. He hasn’t raised his eyes from the p... KATJA MILLAY ...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all... EDITH WHARTON What are you?' She asked. He shot her a brief glance and looked away. He stared at the scenery of th... SHIRLEY A. MARTIN He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with h... NICHOLAS SPARKS She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet s... LEO TOLSTOY We drove on in silence, Dad shaking his head in disgust every few minutes. I stared at him, wonderin... JENNIFER BROWN Miss Mapp had experienced a cruel disappointment last night, though the triumph of this morning had ... E.F. BENSON Her own awareness had risen like the dawn on her back.Like a leaden sunrise veiled in a swirl of sto... RENEE AHDIEH He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the ey... RACHEL A. MARKS He felt she could be unpredictable and possibly violent. At one point, she indicated to him that she... STEVEN LANDES She could feel the pressure from his hand on the back of her head as he forced her head down to take... BETH ASHWORTH He closed his eyes. This bed was a wedding gift from friends he had not seen in years. He tried to r... IAN MCEWAN It was then that she cut him off in midsentence and said that it was over. She said it with a certai... NEAL STEPHENSON And then there was Tick. Brave little Tick, who had flown into the faces of an army of rats to save ... SUZANNE COLLINS She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration... NICHOLAS SPARKS Distant voices reached him; inwardly, he sighed, and reluctantly brought the kiss to an end. He... STEPHANIE LAURENS As I went over to say good-bye I saw that an expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Aerric took another sip of his whiskey as his manservant left the room. His thoughts had distracted ... BRYNN MYERS She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then be... KATHERINE PATERSON ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy an... PAUL HOFFMAN Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?” Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fer... MARISSA MEYER Simon,” she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never ... LISA KLEYPAS And not only of even mainly because of the protection it had given him - it was thanks to his own st... MICHAEL ENDE He started talking about his wife and how she was taking advantage of him, spending his money, ... H... GARY MCLARTY She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan ... MEG WOLITZER
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If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. DOROTHY L. SAYERS There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Very dangerous things, theories. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Trouble shared is trouble halved. DOROTHY L. SAYERS There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. DOROTHY L. SAYERS As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to... DOROTHY L. SAYERS While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe... DOROTHY L. 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SAYERS Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It is the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interfere... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going i... DOROTHY L. SAYERS She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they ge... DOROTHY L. SAYERS As I grow older and older And totter towards the tomb, I find I care less and less Who goes... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men whe... DOROTHY L. SAYERS See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one ... DOROTHY L. 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SAYERS I entirely agree that a historian ought to be precise in detail; but unless you take all the charact... DOROTHY L. SAYERS To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people'... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It is said that love and a cough cannot be hid. DOROTHY L. SAYERS But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling bac... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Placetne, magistra?" "Placet. DOROTHY L. SAYERS All the children seem to be coming out quite intelligent, thank goodness. It would have been such a ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS He was being about as protective as a can-opener. DOROTHY L. SAYERS I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of hi... DOROTHY L. 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SAYERS Few things are more striking than the change which has taken place during my own lifetime in the att... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrs... DOROTHY L. SAYERS THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims... DOROTHY L. SAYERS "The Kingdom of Heaven", said the Lord Christ, "is among you." But what, precisely, is the Kingdom o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Feast of Thomas the Apostle Those who make it a reproach to Christianity that it taught no new mo... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Continuing a short series on sin: Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away. DOROTHY L. 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SAYERS I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenth... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and lea... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous. DOROTHY L. SAYERS In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in noth... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The rest were nondescript, as yet undifferentiated—yet nondescripts, thought Harriet, were the mos... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Why do you want a letter from me? Why don't you take the trouble to find out for yourselves what Chr... DOROTHY L. SAYERS But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much las... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want... DOROTHY L. SAYERS For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and wha... DOROTHY L. SAYERS None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love you - I am at rest with you- I have come home. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Except ye become as little children, except you can wake on your fiftieth birthday with the same for... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do. It is or it should be... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The two men sat silent for a little, and then Lord Peter said: "D'you like your job?" DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS You may say you won’t interfere with another person’s soul, but you do—merely by existing. The... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Harriet had long ago discovered that one could not like people any the better, merely because they w... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I always said the professional advocate was the most amoral person on the face of the earth. I'm cer... DOROTHY L. SAYERS [On marriage and permanent attachment:] Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS It's very good of you--" "No, no, not at all. It's my hobby. Not proposing to people, I d... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Even idiots ocasionally speak the truth accidentally. DOROTHY L. SAYERS [T]he more clamour we make about 'the women's point of view', the more we rub it into people that th... DOROTHY L. SAYERS We are much too much inclined in these days to divide people into permanent categories, forgetting t... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Of course, there is some truth in advertising. There's yeast in bread, but you can't make bread with... DOROTHY L. SAYERS How should anything be sacred to an advertiser?" demanded Ingleby, helping himself to four lumps of ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the... DOROTHY L. SAYERS There, eastward, within a stone’s throw, stood the twin towers of All Souls, fantastic, unreal as ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The mellow bells, soaring and singing in tower and steeple, told of time's flight through an eternit... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The people who are most discouraged and made despondent by the barbarity and stupidity of human beha... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, ho... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Harriet was silent. She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, c... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of c... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper DOROTHY L. SAYERS Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be. DOROTHY L. SAYERS Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Experience has taught me," said Peter (...) "that no situation finds Bunter unprepared. That he shou... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS The boat rocked perilously as they heaved and tore at the clinging weeds, razor-sharp and strong as ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Peter—do please be happy. I mean, you’ve always been the comfortable sort of person that nothing... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I say--I've thought of a good plot for a detective story." "Really?" "Top--hole. You know,... DOROTHY L. SAYERS My idea is that Miss Vane didn't do it," said Wimsey. "I dare say that's an idea which has already o... DOROTHY L. SAYERS I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him. When you hit your knees to pray tonight, ... GALE SAYERS I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ... GALE SAYERS There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reas... GALE SAYERS Halas didn't believe in starting rookies. GALE SAYERS We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There ar... GALE SAYERS Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up. GALE SAYERS I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills. GALE SAYERS What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of t... GALE SAYERS We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons. GALE SAYERS Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Ira... GALE SAYERS I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remem... GALE SAYERS Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will... GALE SAYERS There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted. GALE SAYERS When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing. GALE SAYERS I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. GALE SAYERS Transfer of title has been completed, the Island corridor is now Island-owned and it's connecting co... JUDITH SAYERS Half these people out here who are getting autographs are getting it for somebody else -- a dealer o... GALE SAYERS He says he won't sign anything because he knows what they're doing with the stuff, and I don't disag... GALE SAYERS Tomorrow, you might see a passing shower around the midday. MATT SAYERS I'm 62 years old. You can't tell me that some little kid coming up to me -- he doesn't know me. Thes... GALE SAYERS Both Ray and I are racing fans. Also, we both have the same goals and desire to succeed, to win and ... GALE SAYERS There's no way I would have made the Hall of Fame or set any of the records I did by myself. No matt... GALE SAYERS It's all about possibilities. Now that we're re-connected, it also gives us an incentive to build co... JUDITH SAYERS There is a great deal of potential, but there are also a few challenges for any potential operator. ... JUDITH SAYERS There are still treaty issues that First Nations will have to negotiate on the rail corridor, but th... JUDITH SAYERS The next five years will be very exciting. We have a lot of vibrant people in the neighborhood wanti... JENNIFER SAYERS There's been a fabulous resurgence of people fixing up homes. The house values are steadily increasi... JENNIFER SAYERS Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old an... DOROTHY THOMPSON I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is t... DOROTHY DIX Think for yourselves for a change. You've been pedlars: go and be merchants. You've been mercenaries... DOROTHY DUNNETT My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish! DOROTHY KILGALLEN That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it... DOROTHY PARKER You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy. DOROTHY DIX You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think. DOROTHY PARKER It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that mak... DOROTHY DIX Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. DOROTHY PARKER The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down! DOROTHY DAY I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it. DOROTHY PARKER Friendship is a very simple word, very commonly used. The word friend is almost used on a daily basi... DOROTHY RIERA The friends I made have slipped and strayed. And who's the one that cares A trifling lot and... DOROTHY PARKER Work is the province of cattle. DOROTHY PARKER I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to th... DOROTHY HAMILL I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed wa... DOROTHY HAMILL Once when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And ... DOROTHY PARKER Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch is, and it darts a... DOROTHY PARKER If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it'... DOROTHY PARKER This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. DOROTHY PARKER Oh, it is sure as it is sad That any lad is every lad, And what's a girl, to dare implore DOROTHY PARKER I never see the prettiest thing - A cherry bough gone white with Spring - But what I think, Ho... DOROTHY PARKER Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to con... DOROTHY THOMPSON The best way to keep children at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out ... DOROTHY PARKER The commercial class has always mistrusted verbal brilliancy and wit, deeming such qualities, perhap... DOROTHY NEVILL Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live DOROTHY THOMPSON Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of... DOROTHY ALLISON The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out o... DOROTHY PARKER If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up. DOROTHY GAMBRELL If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. DOROTHY PARKER Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. DOROTHY PARKER By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, ... DOROTHY PARKER Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. DOROTHY ALLISON Oh seek, my love, your newer way; I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday DOROTHY PARKER If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I... DOROTHY PARKER