He looked like some plant bleached by darkness.
– Honor de Balzac
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- Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred. – Honor de Balzac
- Of necessity she went further in aversion than she had gone in love, for her hatred was not in proportion to her love but to her disappointed hopes. – Honor de Balzac
- So, my dear fellow, if I don’t believe in God, I believe still less in man. – Honor de Balzac
- The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer – Alfred de Musset
- Hobbies are like flowers on plant. They make the plant look beautiful and feel Proud. – Sukant Ratnakar
- Never plant a seed that seems good to eyes despite plant a seed that will be a shed in the sunlight. – merlinthomas
- Her skin smelled like the twilight moon and her eyes looked primal, like a hungry animal. She was darkness -“ dangerous, beautiful darkness. – Melody Lee
- Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane – Rachel Caine
- There is no honor for God without honor for His people – Sunday Adelaja
- War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war. – Dean Hughes
- Hold onto who loves and honor you.Not everyone will know how to.Some souls don’t even know how to love and honor themselves, let alone you. – Lalah Delia
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- A man who was aware that there could be no honor and yet had honor, who knew the sophistry of courage and yet was brave. – F Scott Fitzgerald
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- The light was everywhere. He would tell me later I looked like an angel… but just looked like the same devil to me – Quil Carter