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Don't think that way, Moira would say. Think that way and you'll make it happen.

Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well-being.

The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.

most successful one was that of tarring his fence all around; after which, if a slave was caught

Hayırseverliğine hayranım," diye konuştu Mary, " Ama yine de bütün duygusal dürtüler mantıkla yönlendirilmelidir. Şahsen fikrimi sorarsan; insanın harcadığı her emek daima kendisinden talep edilenle doğru orantılı olmalıdır.

Meet Mrs. Bundren, he says.

In the desert there is no sign that says, 'Thou shalt not eat stones.

The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted.

How do you know you're going to do something, until you do it?

...The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.

The Longbourn party were the last of all the company to depart, and, by a manoeuvre of Mrs. Bennet, had to wait for their carriage a quarter of an hour after everybody else was gone, which gave them time to see how heartily they were wished away by some of the family. Mrs. Hurst and her sister scarcely opened their mouths, except to complain of fatigue, and were evidently impatient to have the house to themselves. They repulsed every attempt of Mrs. Bennet at conversation, and by so doing threw a languor over the whole party, which was very little relieved by the long speeches of Mr. Collins, who was complimenting Mr. Bingley and his sisters on the elegance of their entertainment, and the hospitality and politeness which had marked their behaviour to their guests. Darcy said nothing at all. Mr. Bennet, in equal silence, was enjoying the scene. Mr. Bingley and Jane were standing together, a little detached from the rest, and talked only to each other. Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs. Hurst or Miss Bingley; and even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional exclamation of "Lord, how tired I am!" accompanied by a violent yawn.

It’s like some folks has the smooth, pretty boards to build a courthouse with and others dont have no more than rough lumber fitten to build a chicken coop. But it’s better to build a tight chicken coop than a shoddy courthouse, and when they both build shoddy or build well, neither because it’s one or tother is going to make a man feel the better nor the worse.

In the dark parlor we move away from each other, slowly, as if pulled towards each other by a force, current, pulled apart also by hands equally strong. I

For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.

Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to plague you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.

What simplicity, the scarred-faced brother, who was called Andrés, said. And how do you explode them?

and Judith, the young girl dreaming, not living, in her complete detachment and imperviousness to actuality almost like physical deafness.

The body is so easily damaged, so easily disposed of, water and chemicals is all it is, hardly more to it than a jellyfish, drying on sand. He

The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it.

L’orgueil,- observa Mary qui se piquait de psychologie - est, je crois, un sentiment très répandu. La nature nous y porte et bien peu parmi nous échappent à cette complaisance que l’on nourrit pour soi-même à cause de telles ou telles qualités souvent imaginaires. La vanité et l’orgueil sont choses différentes, bien qu’on emploie souvent ces deux mots l’un pour l’autre ; on peut être orgueilleux sans être vaniteux. L’orgueil se rapporte plus à l’opinion que nous avons de nous-mêmes, la vanité à celle que nous voudrions que les autres aient de nous.