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Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank. — Madeleine Albright

I could see the bay in the distance and where the ship should have been. Instead we found a burnt mast protruding from the waves. — Stacy Buck Squanto Undead:...

Black funeral dress. Black heels. Black headband in my hair. Death has a style all it's own. I'm glad I don't have to wear it very often. — Courtney C. Stevens Faking Normal

There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen. — Marie Lu The Midnight...

Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it. — Peter S. Beagle A Fine and...

the house picked up again its long, slow project of decay. — Diane Setterfield The Thirteenth...

In fact, Eric said, as he went to the front door, I'd throw it away entirely. Maybe burn it. He left, closing the door behind him very quietly. I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he...

She was staring at us over the top of a pair of completely pointless sunglasses and her phone was playing what I now recognised as The Day the World Turned Day - Glo by X - Ray Specs. — Ben Aaronovitch The Hanging Tree

You see, people may tell you that Nazi Germany was built on anti-Semitism, a somewhat overzealous leader and a nation of hate-fed bigots, but it would have all come to nothing had the Germans not loved one particular activity - to burn. The Germans loved to burn things. Shops, synagogues, Reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people and, of course, books. — Markus Zusak The Book Thief

Higher and higher he climbed. His strength came from somewhere deep inside himself and also seemed to come from the outside as well. After focusing on Big Thumb for so long, it was as if the rock had absorbed his energy and now acted like a kind of giant magnet pulling him toward it. After a while he became aware of a foul odor. At first he thought it came from Zero, but it seemed to be in the air, hanging heavy all around him. He also noticed that the ground wasn't as steep anymore. As the ground flattened, a huge stone precipice rose up ahead of him, just barely visible in the — Louis Sachar Holes

The colour of the magpie, her father was saying, was symbolic of creation. The void, the mystery of that which had not yet taken form. Black and white, he said. Presence and absence. — Kate Mosse The...

Harry looked down and saw deep green mountains and lakes, coppery in the sunset. — J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and...

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The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...

What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...

We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.

Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...

It isn't even good grammar. What the hell does it mean when they disappear somebody?

Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...

Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....

Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...

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