Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit,
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,
And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.
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His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest."
For ever?"
MAGGIE STIEFVATER A tired man lay down his head
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How!
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whenever he performs
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JOHN GREEN Wow, it really got you," Hunter says, his voice laced with concern.
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...
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Lose his
Ignore a man
Gain his attention
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I gave him a hurt look.
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and his claws and his turned-u...
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Or what's a heaven for?
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Or what's a heaven for?
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Unabl...
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Or that Willia...
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I need him.
I need T...
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and swollen and heavy
with love.
AVA i am awake and alive
and swollen and heavy
with love.
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Van Gogh writing his brother for paints
Hemingway tes...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Discarded lay all the dreams
In the bin of unwanted things
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VERA NAZARIAN Dream Song:
The heavens
Go with me.
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Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
...
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CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS Happiness is only real when shared.
CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS I now walk into the wild.
CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. Non...
CHRISTOPHER MCCANDLESS I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sen...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY When I left high school, my dad was directing a film, and I went to work for him as a P.A. There wer...
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I've done three Broadway shows; once the curtain goes up, that's it. I mean, you prepare and...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend ...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show wa...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.
CHRISTOPHER FRY What's really cool about LEGOs is that you can put a bunch of bricks on the table, and everybody...
CHRISTOPHER MILLER I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not gi...
CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absu...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY That's the most amazing thing about writing, whether it's in prose or comics: that you can c...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something abou...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to sp...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER 'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a compute...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER I read a lot of science fiction, but I also mixed it up with a lot of other genres: crime, literary ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER 'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main charact...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a ...
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to cha...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to g...
CHRISTOPHER BOND I accidentally saw David Byrne's last two songs in Prospect Park at a free concert because I cam...
CHRISTOPHER MCCULLOCH Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particula...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets y...
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Reality TV has blown away the need for a roster of familiar faces in films. Plus, films became franc...
CHRISTOPHER FOWLER There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others ...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, pu...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
CHRISTOPHER ATKINS When you go on book tour, you're always talking about yourself and your book from the time you g...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail...
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON Every now and then I will see a word as if for the first time, and suddenly appreciate that Evian is...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS