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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.
flesh overcoming inner-life
The inner life must overcome the flesh or the flesh will overcome and destroy the inner life. Aiden Wilson Tozer
flesh spirit weak
The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak. David Mitchell
flesh sids share
I abjure you,” Alcide said. Colonel Flood winced, and young Sid, Amanda, and Culpepper looked both astonished and impressed, as if this were a ceremony they'd never thought to witness. “I see you no longer. I hunt with you no longer. I share flesh with you no longer. Charlaine Harris
flesh-eating vegetarianism vegan
in eating ecology love murder vegan vegetarianism flesh eating is unprovoked murder. Benjamin Franklin
flesh bones ache
Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Djuna Barnes
flesh arms vain
I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and my butt. Jane Fonda
flesh
I like flesh. I do! Something to hold. Antonio Banderas
flesh mouths lions
If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh! Brandon Sanderson
flesh sitting afternoon
it is good to be sitting some place in public at 2:30 in the afternoon without getting the flesh ripped from your bones. Charles Bukowski
enough-time needs forget
It normally takes decades to build a brand... It's the forgetting of the old truth that allows a person to accept a new truth. You need to allow enough time for this forgetting to take place Al Ries
enough-time looks enough
Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive. David Sedaris
enough good-enough shoulders
My health is good enough about the shoulders. Casey Stengel
enough coalitions broads
If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition. Bernice Johnson Reagon
enough-time helping plans
There's never enough money, there's never enough time, there's never enough reliable help around, anything you plan always goes wrong - it's just hard to be human, isn't it? Elizabeth Banks
enough
Wanting to leave is enough. Cheryl Strayed
enough insulted kidnapped
It wasn't enough to be kidnapped, I had to be insulted too.
enough hundred
One's too many and a hundred's not enough. Billy Wilder
enough dialogue clout
Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame. Bill Watterson