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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.
toss persons
You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside. Edgar Guest
toss sides enough
I don't like to dump the dressing on top of the greens. Instead, I pour it against the side of the bowl - using only enough to glaze the leaves - then toss. Bobby Flay
toss fool wheels
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance. Juvenal
toss next tables
She looked at him, watched hum toss the remote on the table and say," So maybe I'm going to handcuff myself to you the next time you decide to take a stroll. Ally Carter
toss
What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo? Cormac McCarthy
toss until
I think I'll be here until they toss me out. Ken Park
toss use impossible
Never use the word “impossible” seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebucket. Norman Vincent Peale
toss ifs
I don't emphasize the whatevs. I say it as if it's truly a toss-away word. Eugene Mirman
toss painting ifs
I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not. Grimes
window tapping
Someone was tapping on the window. Dave Barry
window loses
I just don't like to lose what's in the window. Bill Joy
window gave-up code
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.
window
I could never throw Love out of the window. Arthur Rimbaud
window theory ifs
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary. Bela Lugosi
window thrown
All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window. Archie Shepp
window
When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on. Elin Hilderbrand
window fixed uncle-eddie
The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him.
window
When the window shattered, you can't see through it. James Long