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• Friend, hast thou considered the "rugged, all-nourishing earth," as Sophocles well names her; how she feeds the sparrow on the housetop, much more her darling man?

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Names, Earth

  Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). “Carlyle Reader”, p.233, CUP Archive

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• Good Heaven, whose darling attribute we find is boundless grace, and mercy to mankind, abhors the cruel.

  John Dryden

  Grace And Mercy, Heaven, Attributes

  John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.187

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• For acting, darlings, is the world's most perilous trade. Compared with actors, steeple jacks and deep-sea divers lead snug and placid lives.

  Tallulah Bankhead

  Sea, Acting, Actors

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• The art of flirtation is dying. A man and woman are either in love these days or just friends. In the realm of love, reticence and sophistication should go hand in hand, for one of the joys of life is discovery. Nowadays, instead of progressing from vous to tu, from Mister to Jim, it's 'darling' and 'come to my place' in the first hour.

  Marya Mannes

  Art, Men, Discovery

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• Along with the differences that abide in each of us, there is also in each of us a maverick, the darling stubborn one who won't listen, who insists, who chooses preference or the spirited guess over yardsticks or even history. I suspect this maverick is somewhat what the soul is, or at least that the soul lives close by and companionably with its agitating and inquiring force.

  Mary Oliver

  Differences, Soul, Stubborn

  Mary Oliver (2005). “Long Life: Essays and Other Writings”, p.22, Da Capo Press

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• Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life....My precept is, do something, my sister, do good if you can; but at any rate, do something.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Thinking, My Sister, Made

  Elizabeth Gaskell (1998). “North and South”, p.451, OUP Oxford

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• Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings scads of trouble and typhoid and twins!" (Anne to Gilbert)

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Slavery, Twins, Trouble

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “ANNE SHIRLEY Complete Series - ALL 14 Books in One Volume: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more: Including the Memoirs & Letters of Lucy Maud Montgomery”, p.804, e-artnow

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• I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that.

  Tom Robbins

  Earth, Woodpeckers, Columbus

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.122, Bantam

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• She tilted her head, considering the sensation. "It is strange." He gave a hiss of laughter at the words. "It only gets stranger, darling. But we shall try for something more.

  Sarah MacLean

  Laughter, Trying, Strange

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• Dearest darling, how I love you. Words cannot tell how much I love you. So forget it.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Love You, Forget, How Much I Love You

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• You were joking about the whole please and thank you thing, right?" "Meant every word." A little light danced in his eyes and he very deliberately said, "Baby." No. He laughed. "You should see your face right now." "Don't call me that." "Would you prefer 'darling'? Or maybe 'cupcake'?" He winked.

  Ilona Andrews

  Baby, Eye, Light

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.182, Penguin

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• Kaia darling, Willaim said, nearly leaping over a stand of beef jerky in his haste to reach her. Are you here to fight the strippers who just enjoyed hours of my company? Hardly, she said, tossing her glorious mane of hair over her shoulder with a single flip of her wrist. I'm here to thank them for keeping you occupied. Please tell me they're still with you.

  Gena Showalter

  Fighting, Hair, Beef Jerky

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• Darling, You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love. Your father

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Father, Love You, Writing

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• Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Father, Clay, Use

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “Frostbitten”, p.175, Random House Canada

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• Oh, darling, I've been so miserable.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Miserable

  Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.13, Hamilton Books

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• When I want to take God at his word exactly, I take a peep out the window at His creation. Because that, darling, He makes fresh for us everyday.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Everyday, Want, Window

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.207, Faber & Faber

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• Bigger room, darling. Like I said, we need a bigger room.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Needs, Rooms, Bigger

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “Frostbitten”, p.109, Bantam

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• Mom loved my brother more. Not that she didn't love me - I felt the wash of her love every day, pouring over me, but it was a different kind, siphoned from a different, and tamer, body of water. I was her darling daughter; Joseph was her it.

  Aimee Bender

  Mom, Daughter, Brother

  FaceBook post by Aimee Bender from May 09, 2015

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• Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

  Anne Rice

  Vampire, Devil, Fool

  Anne Rice (2011). “The Vampire Chronicles Collection: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned”, p.674, Ballantine Books

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• Oh dear, is that a skunk?" Leonora asked. "No," Alessandro gasped in horror. "No the smelly cat!" "I've told you, Alessandro darling, they aren't cats." "They look like cats. Like the big fluffy cat she's been stepped on and flattened to a big fluffy pancake cat," Alessandro argued.

  Lynsay Sands

  Cat, Looks, Fluffy

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• - No, no... She shook her head for emphasis. No. His lips twitched. - One 'no' is enough, darling.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Lips, Enough, Emphasis

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Married by Morning”, p.31, Macmillan

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• The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors

  Julia Quinn

  Daughter, Ambitious, Mama

  Julia Quinn (2009). “The Viscount Who Loved Me”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.

  Stephen King

  Hurt, Light, Shining

  "The Shining". Book by Stephen King, 1977.

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• Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely kept.

  Kate Morton

  Girl, Heart, Men

  Kate Morton (2010). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.445, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• An eye for an eye.” “That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.” “The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.

  Nora Roberts

  Revenge, Eye, Play

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection”, p.31, Penguin

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