So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be seen. We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.
It seemed to him that the little Manchu had never looked so radiant. She gave him a most charming smile, but her eyes were all for the boy.
Anna gave her that disjointed look with which so many people regarded Hannah, as if they has fallen too many words behind to ever catch up.
Don’t misconceive God; His purpose is for us to enjoy fruits, but He gave us seeds so that we can grow the fruits. Misuse of a seed is a murder of fruits!
Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.
Mid-range, androgynous voice. I first thought that Solaris was a guy. Then a girl. Maybe. Then I gave up trying to figure out which. It would become obvious at some point, or not.
The singers make much of kings who valiantly die in battle, but your life is worth more than a sword. To me at least, who gave it to you.
The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.
If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad.
She gave herself a hard twist and fell into a sitting position, staring at me with those maggot-filled doll’s eyes.
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.
(In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
She gave me this look – she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around.
Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed to burn itself out.
See," he said, "the arrow struck against this. It is the kiss I gave her. It has saved her life.
You just gotta love someone with full force, even if it hurts you. Even if you end up regretting it, at least you gave it your all.
We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?
My ex girlfriend, she gave great log cabin. But she couldn’t write a speech like Lincoln. So I grew a beard and broke up with her.
I gave my girlfriend a gallon of my semen and a minivan and told her to fill it up with kids. Big mistake! I should have given her a bus.
He was born after me, and he died before me. I gave him life, and I killed him. He was an idea, and considerably harder to stab than grandpa.
Virgin suicide What was that she cried? No use in stayin' On this holocaust ride She gave me her cherry She's my virgin suicide
