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Sentences Quotes - Page 5

What is thy sentence then but speechless death.

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Winter's tale. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1”, p.233

Whose order is shut inside the structure of a sentence?

Susan Howe (2007). “My Emily Dickinson”, p.11, New Directions Publishing

It's a pity that Milosevic did not live through the trial and get his deserved sentence.

"Milosevic dies in U.N. prison" by Molly Moore and Daniel Williams, www.sfgate.com. March 12, 2006.

To leave no interval between the sentence and the fulfillment of it doth beseem God only, the Immutable!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1854). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.695

In breif Sermone ane pregnant sentence wryte.

Robert Henryson (1824). “Robene and Makyne: And The Testament of Cresseid”

I get very involved in the internal logic of sentences.

"Richard Ford: Pulitzer winner, focused reader". Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 15, 2012.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

The sentence must also contain its own apology for being spoken.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.163, Harvard University Press

I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.38, Egmont UK

Don't say hit and mountain in the same sentence.

Nora Roberts (2004). “Northern Lights”, p.117, Penguin

There was alliteration happening all over the place in that sentence.

Moira J. Moore (2006). “The Hero Strikes Back”, p.64, Penguin