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He seemed to swallow the lie I fed him. I hope he’s not still hungry. If he is, I’ll give him the illusory dessert known as the American Dream.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another...

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

At five in the morning, I was half asleep. The whole left side of my body was taking a nap. Seems I’m also always half in love, from my waist down.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

There are times when the evil seems so impenetrable, the wickedness so victorious, you don't even know how to hope. But then the good news bursts in, as impossible to deny as it is to believe.

Trial by Twelve

This was going to be difficult, because he enjoyed women, but all the ones he has known seemed to have been sent as secret assassins on a mission to destroy his pride and ability.

This Side of a Wilderness

I think it's a real gift to be able to say that what's in your life is enough. It seems most of us re always wanting more.

Until The Real Thing Comes Along

It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!

Une page d'amour

I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Although initially only few in numbers, it seems my gray hairs have launched an effective peer-pressure campaign intended to convert the others.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

He thought of women in terms of breasts, not minds, and it always seemed to irritate him that most women had both.

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

She had worried she would break if her heart broke, but she wasn't broken. She had lost everything, but she was not lost. It seemed a worthwhile thing to know.

Untold

It seemed to me that boys had a lot more fun. It was a relief. I didn't look at myself from the outside. I just lived inside my skin, looking out.

Under the Wide and Starry Sky

The real world reveals itself like surprise gifts on our doorstep, special moments that seem above and beyond the reality of others. These times are full, beautiful and meaningful beyond words, even when wrapped in pain.

Unnatural Truth

Why is it that the people who seem to have the most to say aren’t doing anything at all?

Vegan's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately

Even our parents seemed to agree more and more with the television version of things, listening to the reporters' inanities as though they could tell us the truth about our own lives.

The Virgin Suicides

I slept badly that night, my vivid dreams populated by ghosts. As much as it revived ailing spirits in day light, the fizzy energy of NY seemed to feed on human frailty at night.

Who I Am

Simon was still trying to work out how Shadowhunter government and also Shadowhunter family trees worked. They all seemed to be related to each other and it was very disturbing.

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

Worst Fears

Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.

When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness

I didn't feel like I was missing anything. Nor did I feel ambitious any more. It all seemed stupid wanting to be better than the others in the same ring, shallow, pointless.

Wish I Was Here

One less desirable aspect of democracy is that it seems to require serious demonization of the enemy if the nation and public opinion are to be galvanized sufficiently to pay a serious price in blood or treasure at war.

A World Without Islam