Why seek to scale Mount Everest, Queen of the Air, Why strive to crown that cruel crest And deathward dare? Said Mallory of dauntless quest 'Because it's there.'
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MARY OLIVER I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer... PABLO NERUDA You are aware of only one unrest; Oh, never learn to know the other! Two souls, alas, are ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Why do you want to be on The Real World? -Because I want everyone to witness my youth DAVE EGGERS The time has come The walrus said To talk of many things: Of shoes- and ships- A... LEWIS CARROLL Cast up the heart flops over gasping 'Love' a foolish fish which tries to draw<... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass,... SARAH DESSEN I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.' What's that?' I...tru... AVI It's going to be okay. Right. Because I love you. Is that why? It is, actually. RAINBOW ROWELL Why Not You? Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? STEVE MARABOLI Heavy is the head that wears the crown William Shakespeare CHARMAINE J. FORDE Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he h... A.A. MILNE Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in ... RYōKAN But, when the days of golden dreams had perished, And even Despair was powerless to destroy, EMILY BRONTë Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie-- Dust unto dust-- The calm, sweet earth tha... RALPH CHAPLIN We had no ending, no said goodbye. For all my life, I'll wonder why. LANG LEAV They never see me coming. Know why? Because I’m already there. LISA SCOTTOLINE You should read something else." Why would he have done that to him?" I don't know," she s... NICHOLAS SPARKS Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie Dust unto dust The calm, sweet earth that mothe... RALPH CHAPLIN It's the oasis," said the camel driver. "Well, why don't we go there right now?" the boy asked.... PAULO COELHO Like time suspended, a wound unmended-- you and I. We had no ending, ... LANG LEAV Come back to me. Where have you gone? And why so long? I miss the star below your lip... KAMAND KOJOURI Let’s consider your age to begin with — how old are you?’ ‘I’m seven and a half... LEWIS CARROLL Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. Whe... TUPAC SHAKUR (You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel as... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why <... E.E. CUMMINGS For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always wit... KAHLIL GIBRAN The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax... LEWIS CARROLL Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked. Just then, every girl at eve... ALLY CARTER The crown of terror past The shell inside still lasts The item you seek, a toy of the weak... SHANNON HALE why can't you see i'm a kid', said the kid. Why try to make me like you? Why are you hurt ... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Tell me why you don't do it?? "I can't..." what you can't "... It's too far"... why?? DEYTH BANGER O woman, father says natural is beautiful so why do you redden your cheeks and blac... KAMAND KOJOURI I’m glad you’re quitting the bar." "You are?" "Yeah. I’ve never liked yo... SAMANTHA YOUNG Don’t you dare say these times are hollow Just because there are storms raging by. Just ... MELITA TESSY What was the self-sacrifice?" I jettisoned half of a much-loved and I think irreplaceable pair ... DOUGLAS ADAMS I want to have the heart and mind of a queen,” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But... KRISTIN CASHORE Once ...Why ...lie? ...when ...truth is ...the easier path ELLEN HOPKINS You totally need to watch the news." "Can't." "Why?" "It's too depressing." "Rig... DARYNDA JONES as architect of choosing... choose. to. live. awakened. entirely. wholly. wildl... LASHAUN MIDDLEBROOKS COLLIER There was a few seconds' pause. Then Amit said: I meant, what were you thinking just now. VIKRAM SETH The others can’t see me,” said the little ghost. “I know,” I said. “My name’s... KERSTIN GIER Why is my love for you, dyed in wool? What is the hindrance to moving on? Why in lov... ZUBAIR AHSAN Everybody is standing, but you must stand out. Everybody is breaking grounds; but you mus... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It’s impossible,” he snapped. “Why?” “Because I’m Sebastian, Lor... LISA KLEYPAS Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to... RAMON RAVENSWOOD And what's care? What's coldness? Why you are so foolish of your freedom? ... DEYTH BANGER Why did you leave him?" The sigh that was Nora’s first answer billowed out in front of ... TIFFANY REISZ . . .because we had survived sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, we discovered bones... LISEL MUELLER It is the mission of each true knight... His duty... nay, his privilege! To dream the im... JOE DARION It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those wor... DR. SEUSS Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black strea... STEPHEN CRANE Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caug... NEIL GAIMAN There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity. There ar... BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” J.K. ROWLING - Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that mat... KURT VONNEGUT I watch my loved ones weep with sorrow, death's silent torment of no tomorrow. I feel th... C.L. WILSON When clouds of pain loom in the sky When a shadow of sadness flickers by When a tear finds... JAVED AKHTAR "Conversation" God and I in space alone . . . and nobody else in view . . . "And wh... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX You’re just a figment of my imagination. A fantasy?” “Yes.” He didn’t dare move. MINA KHAN Honestly I don't know why i have these parties" "Because of your cat" "That's ... CASSANDRA CLARE What type of wrong thing, did I do? ... What wrong did I said... and why I am so unl... DEYTH BANGER He wasn’t that careful, Lucan. I think you’ve got him mixed up with someone else.” ... J.A. HUSS When You Weren't Looking ...why. ...Can't you ...care ...more ...abou... ELLEN HOPKINS Time is expensive ! Then why it is free for many ?? Time is a gift ! Then why preciou... ASHA BHOJANI No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch." "Good," Sanjit said. "Good? Why good... MICHAEL GRANT BLACK AND WHITE I was born into A religion of Light, But with so many oth... SUZY KASSEM Dare to learn. Dare to relearn. Dare to outlearn. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA He tried to measure his day by tallying the hours on his wrist. I wiped it off and called... KAMAND KOJOURI Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. ANGELA CARTER I don’t know why everyone is still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist. KAMAND KOJOURI You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully;... MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON But why do some people support [the heretics]?" "Because it serves their purposes, which conce... UMBERTO ECO AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL Dear Mr. Schneider, I attended your elementary Schoo... SUZY KASSEM Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted! Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted? ALDOUS HUXLEY One of them says, 'Why did they do it?' And the other answers, 'Because they could.' That ... NAOMI ALDERMAN You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her... MEGAN WHALEN TURNER I’ve been telling you that you should hire Warren.” “Nat, I’m not going to hire W... JOSH LANYON Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labor... MAX EHRMANN Of course men can’t know you when you’re unclean,’ said Hilda. ‘It says so in the Bible. Tha... FAY WELDON MOUNT PLAASMOORDE If ever you visit South Africa And do Leave the brilliant beaches o... DAUGLAS DAUGLAS Why We Tell Stories I Because we used to have leaves and on damp days ... LISEL MUELLER Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being: Wh... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Why, isabel? Why are you doing this to yourself? To your body?'And why are you doing this t... LOUISE O'NEILL Love. Because of you, in gardens of blossoming Flowers I ache from the perfumes of s... PABLO NERUDA Why are you touching me?" "Because I can . TAHEREH MAFI ...the traveler, travelling through it, May not-dare not openly view it; Never its mysteri... EDGAR ALLAN POE If I could have one friend, just one in all the world, I know that I would not seek out RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There is a desire within each of us, in the deep center of ourselves that we call our hea... GERALD G. MAY Why a raven?" "To honor my father." "The writing under it, is that Cyrillic?" "Yes."<... ILONA ANDREWS RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER: Why then I do but dream on sovereignty, Like one that s... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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