The lieutenant is all the day drawing plans, and if you like you can say your prayers, if you like you can read a book or go out into the street.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“Five weeks since, I was just like yourself,” continued Rogojin, addressing the prince, “with nothing but a bundle and the clothes I wore.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Mulargu ka lang ug hílak bísan gipangutána ka lang, You cry right away even though I only asked you.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“Coast all clear–we will start the fleet out to lighten your cargo right away–keep the beacon burning so they’ll make a straight line to your anchorage, which will mean a saving of time.”
— from Eagles of the Sky; Or, With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Ambrose Newcomb

Not later, and not sooner, for the longer ye can remain about the hall the less likely will any one be to inquire after me .”
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Fair, bright, frivolous women like you cannot realize a man's love—they cannot even estimate it!
— from A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette by Charlotte M. Brame

Perhaps, as you light candles, and ask, “What is warmth without light?” your companion replies, “A minor poet”; and when you ask again in irritation, “What is light without warmth?”
— from Oxford by Edward Thomas

“If Captain Warden lives, you can rest assured that my husband will hear of him long before Mrs. Laing hears.
— from The Message by Louis Tracy

If you have not forgotten your Latin, you can read a lesson in Latin which was written here nearly two thousand years ago.
— from The Women of the Arabs by Henry Harris Jessup

CHILD "O Lady, lay your costly robes aside, No longer may you glory in your pride."
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Charles Lamb

O Lady, lay your costly robes aside, 33.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Charles Lamb

Then if they see me start to leave, you can raise a yell and draw them your way.”
— from Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery: A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure by Andy Adams