#faint

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. ↗

— Jules Verne

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I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.' ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#everybody #faint #heart #i #say

Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

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We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes, we arrive at the frontier of the known universe. ↗

— Edwin Powell Hubble

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I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on. ↗

— Derek Bailey

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My mind is led astray by every faint rustle. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

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It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

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Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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