Let a plant which is now grown in a botanic garden, or any common weed, be cultivated on a large scale, and let a sharp-sighted gardener look out for each slight variety and sow the seed, and then, if distinct races are not produced, the argument will be valid.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

"I suppose she did not care," said Mrs. Carpenter mechanically, like a person who is not giving much thought to her answers.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

"But surely," said Lucille, "one cannot like a person who is not good?"
— from Dross by Henry Seton Merriman