#lighter

The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#active #eighty #feet #flesh #former

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#base #below #bridges #buildings #dark

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#brown #colors #exactly #fact #i

I'm lighter now in a lot of ways. ↗

— Candy Crowley

#lighter #lot #now #ways

We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#cheaper #food #lessen #level #lighter

First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people. ↗

— Tea Leoni

#between #first #first of all #i #kate

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#also #douglas #fantastic #fiction #first

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#i #lighter #likely #music #play

Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#going #hitman #i #lighter #most

There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#colors #granite #i #lighter #like