59 Quotes About Helen
- Author Solange nicole
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In one swift motion she’s out of his arms twirling about. Startled and then ecstatic, she feels lighter than air, laughing in spite of herself. Light hearted, she keeps spinning feeling the stress and pain strip away from her. She was surprised by how confident she felt. How alive.
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- Author Solange nicole
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The ruby droplets absorbed by the pitiful tourniquet.
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- Author Solange nicole
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She deftly snatches her mace and holds it in her purse for cover. She’s totally not about to be taken in by some pale silver eyed maniac.
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- Author Josephine Angelini
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Exactly. So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse.
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- Author Megan Whalen Turner
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I think they have to show their worst selves sometimes in order to be sure that even at their worst they are loved. Irene knows how frightened he is."The King didn't sound frightened."Any minute," said Eddis, "he will realise--"As if her words were magic, silence fell in the tent and Eddis finished in a whisper. "How frightened she is.
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- Author Megan Whalen Turner
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It might have been preferable," Eddis admitted, dryly, "if you had thrown off your chains of bondage solely for love of me. It would certainly have been more flattering." Standing so near to him, she was looking up into his face and watching it closely. "I am willing to accept, however, that we are real people, not characters in a play. We do not, all of us, need to be throwing inkwells. If we are compatible with one another, is that not sufficient?
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- Author H.D.
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Helen All Greece hatesthe still eyes in the white face,the lustre as of oliveswhere she stands,and the white hands.All Greece revilesthe wan face when she smiles,hating it deeper stillwhen it grows wan and white,remembering past enchantmentsand past ills.Greece sees, unmoved,God’s daughter, born of love,the beauty of cool feetand slenderest knees,could love indeed the maid,only if she were laid,white ash amid funereal cypresses.
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- Author Erica Bauermeister
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Helen found ways to sneak summer into the dark months of the year, canning and freezing the fruit off their trees in July and August and using it extravagantly throughout the winter- apple chutney with the Thanksgiving turkey, raspberry sauce across the top of a December pound cake, blueberries in January pancakes.
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