She was amazingly light, and so relaxed in his arms that he wasn't even sure she was conscious.

She was carrying a quirt, and she started to raise it, then let it fall again and dangle from her wrist.

She glanced around the clearing, taking in the wagon and the load of supplies and trappings scattered over the ground, the two kids, the whiteface bull that was chewing its cud just within the far reaches of the firelight.

She said, and her tone had softened until it was almost friendly.

She had picked up the quirt and was twirling it around her wrist and smiling at him.

She was quick.

She brought up her free hand to hit him, but this time he was quicker.

She regarded them as signs that she was nearing the glen she sought, and she was glad to at last be doing something positive in her unenunciated, undefined struggle with the mountain and its darkling inhabitants.

She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles.

She was bewildered.

She was standing in a thick grove.

She already knew this unwholesome, chilling atmosphere that was somehow grotesquely alive.

She was glad, completely and unselfishly glad, to see that things were working out the right way for both Sally and Dan.

She was still hugging the stained coat around her, so I said, `` Relax, let me take your things.

She was wearing nothing beneath the coat.

She was standing with her back to the glass door.

She was just not able to break the spell.

She was telling herself that this might just be her reward at the end of a long meaningful search for truth.

Meredith was irritated when the Grafin knocked at his door and told him, `` She is a great beauty!!

She confessed she was unhappy, he asked was it her husband??

She began to explain, `` There was this poet, in Italy '' He interrupted, `` Please don't judge all poets ''.

She was like charcoal, he thought -- dark, opaque, explosive.

She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her then-husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles.

Boyd Gaines was the first performer to be nominated for each of Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1989 for The Heidi Chronicles, Best Actor in a Musical in 1994 for She Loves Me, Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2000 for Contact ( and again in 2008 for Gypsy ) and Best Actor in a Play in 2007 for Journey's End.

She was uncomfortable working outside of her area of expertise ; she had never been a musical performer and her limited theater experience had been more than 20 years earlier.

She became the highest paid performer in the history of the West End up to that time.

She was the first performer cast for the show.

She was a three-time All-State and All-Conference performer, leading her team to a 44-8 record and the 1978 Central Jersey Championship.

She returned to Australia in 1984, and during this tour was the last performer to appear at Sydney's Regent Theatre.

She first starred in Carry On Nurse, then Carry On Teacher, followed by Carry On Constable and Carry On Regardless, and this sealed her future as a regular Carry On performer.

She was the female performer with the most nominations ( and second most overall ): Video of the Year, Mejor Artista, Mejor Artista Pop, Mejor Solista y Artista del Ano, winning Mejor Solista and Mejor Presentación En vivo for her performance with Cobra Starship.

She has been a vocal performer on episodes of animated television series, including as Aphrodite on Hercules: The Animated Series, and as Springfield Elementary School student Alexandra Whitney on The Simpsons.

She was the first performer to be so recognized by the Academy after her death.

She was encouraged as a performer by her mother, who, according to West, always thought that whatever her daughter did was fantastic.

She has served as music consultant, producer, composer, and performer on several award-winning film projects and was the conceptual producer and narrator of the Peabody Award-winning radio series, Wade in the Water, African American Sacred Music Traditions.

She was the first Australian-born person to be nominated for an acting Oscar, and for many years she held the record for the oldest performer nominated for an Oscar.

She remains the only performer to have received Academy Award nominations for her first three films.

She is the youngest actress, and the only deaf performer, to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won for Children of a Lesser God.

She subsequently released over 30 singles and 30 albums as a songwriter and performer of Christian music.

She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades.

She became an accomplished dramatic performer, starring in Looking for Mr. Goodbar ( 1977 ) and received Academy Award nominations for Reds ( 1981 ) and Marvin's Room ( 1996 ).

She chose Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and became the first black performer to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio.

She was a regular performer in the Discovering Lost Musicals concert productions in London in the 1990s, and she regularly performs in her own cabaret act.

She was originally played by 71-year-old former circus performer Tiny Kline, up until her retirement three years later.

She knew she wanted to be a performer from a young age but, as her family could not afford the fees for a drama school, she had to find an alternative method to learn her trade.

She was recently asked how long she would continue as a performer ; Reeves replied, “ I ’ m going to sing as long as I ’ m able ; I ’ m going to dance as long as I can.