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Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.

It struck her that admiration, for all its Austenian overtones, was actually a crucial element of desire.

Santa," said the little boy in Mack's arms. "Satan," Mack corrected him. "Satan! Satan!

Wat vind je van het stuk, prinses Alice? - Will

I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.

I can promise, however, that the scrying will not hurt you," Nelac continued. "And I will order a special feast afterward, just for you, to make up for it." Hem

there exists a single complete copy, is written in Annaren, the principal language spoken in Annar. In translating

Boredom creeps up on you slowly..wraps its tendrils around and tugs you until you'll do anything to escape it.

Don't say anything. Just act cool," I whispered. Mavkel started to shiver. "Like this?" it asked. "No, I mean act calm." Mavkel stopped shivering.

That seems highly unlikely, Lady Helen. Two weak elements do not make a strong whole. We would prefer that you have a male Terrene. I am sure you are most intelligent, but you are still a woman and therefore reliant upon emotion rather than logic, and subject to your sensibilities as are all your sex. You cannot be expected to have the same strength, strategic mind or logic competence as a man. A male Terrene would counter that deficit.

I am fat and flabby and that Dr. J. I. Packer is right when he says, "Here then is the root cause of our moral flabbiness; we have neglected God's Law."3

a patrician face vaguely reminiscent of one of the better-fed Roman emperors

This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria.

As an individual struggling with a language not his own he was difficult to dislike.

unmystical, hard-headed, argumentative, and possessed of a powerful personality that did not take easily to being contradicted. [Galileo]

Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.

I have chosen not to name any particular ship because its identity is not relevant to my story. The fact is that a ship was there. And for whatever reason, that ship did nothing.

What sphinx of cement and aluminium bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? - Howl

The Orphic Machine is the poem: A severed head with face turned away that sings.

I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.

Insane means fewer cameras!

Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?