Finn, listen!" Trevanion said, his voice raw."I prayed to see you one more time. It's all I prayed for. Nothing more. And my prayers were answered. Go east, I'll lend them west." "We have a dilemma, then," Finnikin said fiercely. "Because I prayed that you would grow old and hold my children in your arms as you held me. My prayers have not been answered yet, Trevanion. So whose prayer is more worthy? Yours or mine?
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Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
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It came from t... MELINA MARCHETTA He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them. MELINA MARCHETTA Her voice whispering love soothes him. They'd never done that before. Weren't that type of family. E... MELINA MARCHETTA ...women are elephants and watch the way you say that in front of them because they'll think you're ... MELINA MARCHETTA He knows bad days. Bad days take him completely by surprise. They make him not trust the good days b... MELINA MARCHETTA If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d... MELINA MARCHETTA And then their voices stopped and their souls stood still and they ceased being who they had been. B... MELINA MARCHETTA I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develo... MELINA MARCHETTA My body becomes a raft and there's this part of me that wants just literally to go with the flow. To... MELINA MARCHETTA What's with what you're wearing?" Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others. "I... MELINA MARCHETTA Never ,' he tells me in a tone full of ice, 'underestimate who or what I care for. MELINA MARCHETTA Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything. MELINA MARCHETTA He stops and looks at me. 'I'm here because of you. You're my priority. Your happiness, in some fuck... MELINA MARCHETTA She looks at Sam. 'Close your ears if you don't want to know what I suspect to be the sex of your ch... MELINA MARCHETTA His seed will issue kings, but he will never reign For she would be Queen of Lumat... MELINA MARCHETTA And it was this image that was stamped on the hearts and minds of all who were present that day. Of ... MELINA MARCHETTA This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and th... MELINA MARCHETTA Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?” “I notice when you're not. Does that cou... MELINA MARCHETTA My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted. It happen... MELINA MARCHETTA I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being part of him. Be... MELINA MARCHETTA He took her face in his bloody hands. 'I'll come and find you wherever you are. I'll not stop breath... MELINA MARCHETTA I wrote to you for a year and you never wrote back. T rang you over and over again and you woul... MELINA MARCHETTA It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life. No matter ... MELINA KANAKAREDES And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of ... MELINA MERCOURI Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and k... MELINA KANAKAREDES We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have ... MELINA MERCOURI There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles. MELINA MERCOURI I don't really pay a whole lot of attention to the numbers and the things that bear out during the d... MELINA KENNEDY We need a prosecutor who wants to be prosecutor. Not a prosecutor who'd rather be mayor. MELINA KENNEDY Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis t... MELINA MERCOURI You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you some... MELINA MERCOURI People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and... MELINA KANAKAREDES We lived in Little Elm many years ago, from 1963 to 1975, and I continue to reside close to Little E... MELINA SMITH