What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!” You’re flying right now. “I’m falling!” Every flight begins with a fall, the crow said.
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A crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. ... AESOP I’m sure you despise me,” she sobbed, looking up at him through tearful eyes. “Desp... DAN BROWN You wait a moment to settle your nerves
Then make your cast with a right hand curve
The fly se... GEORGE W. HARVEY One day fly was buzzing around and saw feather .Fly said hi feather remember me thought i would say ... GARY F EVANS... I like when you look at me like you can’t figure me out. You’re considering getting to know me, ... KATE ANGELL What if I fall? Oh,but my darling,what if you fly? ERIN HANSON One day there was a fly and a feather fly said to the feather buzzing about i am better than you are... GARY F EVANS... When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS When you fly to the moon you don't need a rocket. You just need the imagination! ANTHONY T.HINCKS Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. JOHN SHIRLEY But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said t... LEWIS CARROLL You have to risk falling to be able to fly. DEBASISH MRIDHA You’re doing it again,” he said. “Doing what?” I asked, wondering if I had done somethi... MARY TING At early dawn when the air is crisp
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He looked over his shoulder at me with an exasperated sigh.... KODY KEPLINGER Fall in love with you? How could I fall in love with you when I loved you with every breath, every h... SKYE WARREN He lay there and felt something and then her hand holding him and searching lower and he helped with... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO You aren’t falling apart. You’re well beyond that. You’re just rattling along now. Elven dolls... DARRELL DRAKE Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. NEIL GAIMAN Sometimes you try to fly and you fall. Remember your falls are not fatal, they're just a little pain... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Bonnie, believe in me. I’ll save you. I remember how to fly. L.J. SMITH I’m alone,” Angie had told me a month ago. “No, you’re not.” “You... DENNIS LEHANE How often do you have to drink?” “Every night, to feel good. Every few nights, to stay san... 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There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end. The hills that split asunder an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel,... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. -Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" <... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN