No. We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

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If these were indications of new love, as Sergei expected they were, then he was not surprised. All that scraping and arguing, the teasing and playful antagonism, could only mean on thing. It was a sure sign of attraction.

When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential piece of dramatic literature is, 'He dies.' Now I am not asking you to be happy at my leaving but all I ask you to do is to turn the page and let the next story begin. -- Mr. Magorium

Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?

There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?

It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?