"Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the emerald carpet, the warriors make war, and it is like a dance, almost beautiful, always macabre. The noise brings me back, the fearsome noise of swords striking swords, a metallic clanging that rings in my ears, echoing and echoing the fearsome din of men screaming and crying as they meet the sharp ends of blades."

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Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2008). “Song of the Sparrow”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

Lisa Ann Sandell

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“The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.”
“I occasionally go to a yoga class. Everyone looks so limber and coordinated compared to me. I feel like I scare my classmates.”
“Women are not totally nauseous after seeing me.”
“A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”
“She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. He mouth was cold, her lips rough from the winter wind, and if the mystics are right and we are doomed to repeat our squalid lives ad infinitum, at least I will always return to that kiss”

Source : David Benioff (2008). “City of Thieves: A Novel”, p.179, Penguin
“I just love clothes! I'm a girl who loves clothes, accessories, shoes, bags and jewelry.”
“I had one idea that never changed in my mindâ€”that you should use your wealth to help people.”

Source : "The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune". Book by Conor O'Clery, September 23, 2007.
“Marriage never appealed to me, I have never lived with one person. Since I was 18, I've always preferred to live in a sort of community - A big house with my atelier and cats and friends, one with a man who was rather a lover and another who was rather a friend. And it has always worked”

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