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.

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 could use some help '', Morgan said finally, `` but I can't afford to pay you anything.

`` Not a danged thing but rattlesnakes, so I reckon I'll get the boss rattler to help me ''.

`` So help me, Crouch, I'd like to kill you where you stand, but, before I do, I'm going to hear you admit killing him.

Others mentioned that I might have had to ask friends or even strangers for help and that to be stranded in a foreign country without sufficient funds did not contribute to international understanding.

I cannot express to you the depth of my conviction that, in our own and free world interest, we must co-operate with others to help these people achieve their legitimate ambitions, as expressed in their different multi-year plans.

That would be a great help, I told him, thanking him for his thoughtfulness.

yet the tide is too strong against us, and I fear ( if the framer of hearts help not ) it will force me to little Patience, a little isle next to your Prudence ''.

From that time to this my religious concern is that I might give effective help to the bringing in of God's kingdom on earth.

Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason -- I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our society has gone mad.

I cannot accomplish this if you will not help me ''.

`` What I want you to do is to go to the market with me early tomorrow morning and help smuggle the hen back into the hotel ''.

I recommend to the Congress the establishment of a permanent Peace Corps -- a pool of trained American men and women sent overseas by the U.S. Government or through private organizations and institutions to help foreign countries meet their urgent needs for skilled manpower.

I tried my hardest, with little help, may I say, from my husband and leading man, but somehow the outside pressures were too severe.

I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me.

If, however, it would help to intensify your anguish, I can delimit the powers of a few of the divinities you've affronted and describe the punishment they meted out in one analogous instance.

How often have I looked to Jesus when entering the sick room, asking for His presence and help in my professional duties as I give my talents not only as the world giveth but as one who loves the Saviour and His creatures.

I doubt that `` fear parties '' and `` group confessionals '' will help very much.

When I came into being, 15 years ago, I had one primary purpose: to help men and women everywhere to know God better, and through knowing Him better to become happier and more effective people.

I do this work all on my own, because I understand the difficulties and I want to help these lay-sisters.

`` I made you so you could stand up.

I remember being told it would happen so fast people would think it took place overnight.

Now turn around so I can see your face ''.

`` Moriarty '', my driver suddenly exclaimed with something so definite, so final in his tone I once more repeated the absurdity, mustering all my latent powers of hypocrisy to sound convinced.

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

I was so scared well, I just ran to my car and came here ''.

I didn't get a good look at him at all, his back was to me, and I was so scared It was just somebody in a man's suit.

`` And I so want the part '', she said.

I said, `` O.K., so now only Blake knows.

I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.

`` I guess so '', she said.

I think I have a way so we can carry on without his suspecting us ''.

If you tell him I made a pass at you he might think you misunderstood something I said or did, so instead of just telling him I made a pass, say I tried to date you and that you agreed so you could prove to him what a louse I really am.