Somewhere Under Quotes

• I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.

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  Charlotte Bronte

  Somewhere Under   Feelings   Ribs  

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• What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker. And remembering that, the leader must reach down to the springs that never dry up, the ever-fresh springs of the human spirit.

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  John W. Gardner

  Dream   Spring   Civilization  

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• She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.

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  George R. R. Martin

  Nature   Rain   Clouds  

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.49, Bantam

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• Although she was aware that somewhere under her complicated strata of vests and petticoats there was some skin, that didn't mean to say she approved of it.

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  Terry Pratchett

  Mean   Somewhere Under   Skins  

  Terry Pratchett (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• There's a mouse in here with me. He's sitting there in the light of the lamp, looking up at me. He seems as surprised to see me as I am to see him. There he goes. I can hear him still, scurrying about somewhere under the hayrick. I think he's gone now. I hope he comes back. I miss him already.

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  Michael Morpurgo

  Thinking   Light   Somewhere Under  

  Michael Morpurgo (2014). “Private Peaceful”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• Somewhere under the stars God has a job for you to do and nobody else can do it.

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  Horace Bushnell

  Jobs   Stars   Somewhere Under  

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• Better watch out said a second voice from somewhere under the Beetle. Don't park those two kraut cars too close together; it's springtime, and they might decide to mate. then Charlie'll be stuck with a garage full of little orange safety cones

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  Mercedes Lackey

  Two   Voice   Somewhere Under  

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