And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.

I just wanted to hear you say so ''.

The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I thought he was only having a little joke, but, no, he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear.

And so I would only touch upon it now ( much as I have long wanted to write a book about it ).

Cloud made an interesting statement in parting from his client: `` I wanted to be a lawyer, and Mrs. Wright wanted me to be an avenging angel.

), I have never wanted to know what you knew of passion.

as I understand it, Mr. Hammarskjold wanted outside advice.

I wanted to help so that we could find time to play.

My `` touchstones, had, been strictly '' literature and, humanly enough, American literature ( because that was what I wanted to write ).

I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important.

The funeral for my husband was just what I wanted and I paid a fair price, far less than I had expected to pay.

I wanted to wipe my flint, but I didn't dare to, the state my hands were in, just as I didn't dare to do anything about the priming.

All I ever wanted was to be a free man in my own country.

It was just me and Eileen getting drunk together like we used to in the old days, and me staring at her across the table crazy to get my hands on her partly because I wanted to wring her neck because she was so ornery but mostly because she was so wonderful to touch.

I said sure that was what I wanted her to do but she paid no attention.

Under the circumstances, I had difficulty keeping up with the conversation on the phone, but when I hung up I was reasonably certain that Francesca had wanted to remind me of our town meeting the next evening, and how important it was that Hank and I be there.

`` I guess I'll find out soon enough.

In the bedroom before the husband and wife find their way to the bed, the lights go on: `` In dull domestic radiance I watch her staring face, still blind, Start wincing in obedience To dirty waters, counters, pots and pans, Waiting below stairs, in her mind ''.

`` I suppose '', he muttered, `` I can sell the outfit for enough to send you home to your folks, once we find a settlement ''.

I want you to find Monsieur Prieur at once and give him this money for the boy's purchase.

When I question them as to what they mean by concepts like liberty and democracy, I find that they fall into two categories: the simpler ones who have simply accepted the shibboleths of their faith without analysis ; ;

That, I thought, is at least one thing I can find out when we meet.

Given a theological lead, I asked what he thinks about those who find a religious significance to his plays.

I remember one day when Mr. Hearst ( and I never knew why he liked me, either ) sent the Hetman a telegram: `` Please find some more reporters like that young man from Denver ''.

This viewpoint I find interesting, but it has never weighed on my soul.

The daughter, Lilly, was a very good friend of mine and I always had hopes that someday she and Meltzer would find each other.

For my part I find it difficult to conceive such a state of affairs.

To those of my readers who find many of my opinions morally, or politically, or sociologically antiquated ( and I have reason to know that there are some such ), I would like to say what I have already hinted, namely, that some of my opinions may indeed be subject to some discount on the simple ground that I am no longer young and therefore incapable of being youthful of mind.

Faced with a gesture like Di Bosis', I find usually that my sentiments are closer to those of my sculptor friend.

Recently I traveled the parkway from East Orange to Cape May and I found the most courteous group of men you will find anywhere.

I was surprised and sorry to find in your issue of March 4 a long and detailed attack upon a book that had not yet been published.

I think, too '', he said, his dark eyes mischievous, `` that you will find there some clue to the secret of the cathedrals about which you have spoken ''.

She said, `` I guess the Lord looks out for fools, drunkards, and innocents ''.

He pointed out the switch to me and for a moment I foolishly believed that he would let deed follow words.

I was shown, instead, a batch of white tickets of the sort handed out, he told me, every morning.

This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.

Print it in real big letters, an' I can cipher it out later ''.

I found a trooper once the Apache had spread-eagled on an ant hill, and another time we ran across some teamsters they'd caught, tied upside down on their own wagon wheels over little fires until their brains was exploded right out o' their skulls.

At these words of sympathy and understanding, Harmony said generously, `` I don't mind setting here along with Gran while you go out and join in the games ''.

Rod shifted his eager eyes from the milling group out in the circle long enough to reply, `` I ain't much of a hand for Dare-Base and Farmer-in-the-Dell, but I'd sure like to get in on the handhold and wrestles ''.

Looking back I saw a gray-haired man getting out of his halted car and trying to read our license number.

She stood up, pulled the coat from her shoulders and started to slide it off, then let out a high-pitched scream and I let out a low-pitched, wobbling sound like a muffler blowing out.

There had been a good second or two during which my muffler had been blowing out, and now I was certain I'd seen her somewhere before.

`` So I just scooted out of his clutches.

I swam like mad, got out of the pool, grabbed my robe, and ran to the car.

As I went out, I could hear water pouring in the shower.

The rest of the time I devoted to painting or to those other activities a young and healthy man just out of college finds interesting.

I dismissed these feelings as wishful thinking but I could not get it out of my head that we had a strong physical attraction for one another and we both feared to dwell on it because of our relationship.

`` I don't want to be thrown out and I don't think I will.

He was looking out on the dark waters of the Lake when I came upon him and without wasting words I smacked him hard across the face.