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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
mourning today ruins
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow. Catherynne M. Valente
mourning sorrow tears
When I am dead, no pageant train shall waste their sorrows at my bier. Nor worthless pomp of homage vain stain it with hypocritic tear. Edward Everett
mourning
I'm in mourning for my life. Anton Chekhov
mourning black said
When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.
mourning wear
Medvienko: Why do you always wear black? Masha: I am in mourning for my life. I am unhappy.
mourning absence mates
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate Edmund Spenser
mourning care way
The true way to mourn the dead is to take care of the living who belong to them. Edmund Burke
mourning narcissistic heal
That probably greatest of narcissistic wounds -- not to have been loved just as one truly was -- cannot heal without the work of mourning. Alice Miller
mourning feelings language
Although I could lament in the language and feelings of David for Absalom, I am constrained to say, peace to his manes. Let us weep for the living, and not for the dead. Andrew Jackson
periods dont-trust
Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period. Benjamin Walker
periods since younger
There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic. Kurt Angle
periods theater deals
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal. Asghar Farhadi
periods soon stopping three
We usually get it done somehow. We've always been a third-period team. As soon as we put all three periods together, we feel there will be no stopping us. Lauren Kellin
periods
When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. Sugar Ray Leonard
periods trying
I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more. Neal Asher
periods stay time work
My work out routine is always changing. It should never stay the same for long periods of time. Curtis Jackson
periods sloppy three
We were a little too sloppy in all three periods to be able to squeak out a win.
periods played talked thrown tough
Getting thrown in like that is a tough way to make your debut. In between periods I talked to Dunham, and he said to go out there and relax. After that I played as I always played. Michael Garnett