"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone."
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"We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace."
"The dog that trots about finds a bone."
"Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones."
"The fingerprints of the god who amused himself fashioning them - I can see them on any bone whatsoever."
"He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words."
"I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart."
"I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo."
"He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone."
"If you ain't got a fat woman, you're making a big mistake, because a big fat woman tastes as good as a T-bone steak."
"Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead."
"it ain't no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones"
"This planet has rejuvenated itself over and over again. Its species are just witnesses. [Earth] is going to reclaim itself once it tires of us. And all that will be left are the bones."
"And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product."
"To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head"
"I won a lot, crashed a lot, and broke just about every bone in my body, but I gave it everything I had"
"I was a biography in constant motion, memory to the marrow of my bones."
"He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied."
"Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog."
"Folk is bare bones music."