I care for no man on earth$$$ and no man on earth cares for me.

Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been.Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase$$$ and fell down stairs of his own accord.

And a beautiful world we live in$$$ when it is possible$$$ and when many other such things are possible$$$ and not only possible$$$ but done-- done$$$ see you!-- under that sky there$$$ every day.

Before I go$$$" he said$$$ and paused -- "I may kiss her?"It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips$$$ he murmured some words. The child$$$ who was nearest to him$$$ told them afterwards$$$ and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady$$$ that she heard him say$$$ "A life you love.

‎And yet I have had the weakness$$$ and have still the weakness$$$ to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me$$$ heap of ashes that I am$$$ into fire.

I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.

Her eyes traced the sleek shape of the table's legs$$$ the sinuous curves of its corners$$$ the gleam of its reflective$$$ dark brown surface. She noticed that every time she breathed out$$$ the surface fogged$$$ and she disappeared from her father's table.

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies.

When Aziza first spotted Mariam in the morning$$$ her eyes always sprang open$$$ and she began mewling and squirming in her mother's grip. She thrust her arms toward Mariam$$$ demanding to be held$$$ her tiny hands opening and closing urgently$$$ on her face a look of both adoration and quivering anxiety. "What a scene you're making$$$" Laila would say$$$ releasing her to crawl toward Mariam. "What a scene! Calm down. Khala Mariam isn't going anywhere. There she is$$$ your aunt. See?

She thought of Aziza's stutter$$$ and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes all we see on the surface is a slight tremor.