That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never endure the notion of their children laying their heads on their pillows; in short , that there never more could be , for them or theirs , any laying of heads upon pillows at all , unless the prisioner's head was taken off.
The Attorney General during the trial of Mr. Darnay
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[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.
Charles DickensTags: god heaven logic hearts heads
Could it be that the planets are castaway heads.
Visar ZhitiDon't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head.
Hakim BeyTags: revolution survival heads saps
Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?"
Allie considered this. "Meaning?"
"Meaning, we might be able to shake things up a little, and find a way to come up heads."
"Or tails," suggested Allie.
"What are you talking about?" said Lief.
"Life and death.
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How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive.
Dejan StojanovicTags: words poetry philosophy literature poets quotes heads poetry-quotes expensive literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
The earthquakes in people's heads, half the city's population was cracked, a rabble of doom-merchants, psychos, ghouls. They could smell a funeral a mile off, and out they crawled, out of the woodwork. A funeral lit them up, it was like fuel, it kept them burning for days.
Rupert ThomsonTags: burning funeral heads cracked earthquakes ghouls doom-merchants psychos
I'm a bloodletter, not a politician," Nyx said. "I just take off heads.
Kameron HurleyTags: heads
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