To pretend I was
To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail. He laughed again. You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom. Gail Carson Levine
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To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail. He laughed again. You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom. Gail Carson Levine
Why did you want to go and distract me like that? I was quite in my element and everything.’ Conall laughed. ‘Someone has to keep you off balance; otherwise you’ll end up ruling the empire. Or at least ordering it into wretched submission. Gail Carriger
Ooo,” said Alexia, fascinated, “it shrinks back down again. The books didn’t detail that occurrence.” The earl laughed. “You must show me these books of yours. Gail Carriger
If I hadn’t been told I was garbage, I wouldn’t have learned how to show people I’m talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn’t have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn’t told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if … Read more
My grandfather was a giant of a man … When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky. Eth Clifford
How old are you Johnny she asked. Sixteen. And what’s that-a boy or a man? He laughed. A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war. Esther Forbes
The bulls are my best friends. I translated to Brett. You kill your friends? she asked. Always, he said in English, and laughed. So they don’t kill me. Ernest Hemingway
We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, ‘He wants his mother.’ Erma Bombeck
If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. … I would have cried and laughed less while watching television … and more while watching real life. … But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it … look at it and … Read more
If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us! or How came you by that brow of scorn? But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, … Read more