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1 " Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after Will. He admired his skill with a sword and his courage in battle. But sometimes, just sometimes, he felt an overwhelming desire to ram the young warrior's head against a convenient tree." You have no sense of drama or symbolism, do you?" he asked." Huh?" replied Horace, not quite understanding. Halt looked around for a convenient tree. Luckily for Horace, there were none in sight. "
2 " We instinctively feel an overwhelming desire to take sides: organic or conventional, fair or free trade, " pure" or genetically engineered food, wild or farm-raised fish. Like most things in life, though, the sensible answer lies somewhere between the extremes, somewhere in that dull but respectable placed called the pragmatic center. To be a centrist when it comes to food is, unfortunately, to be a radical. "
3 " Mile's fingers pressed into the small of my back. " Basorexia," he mumbled." Gesundheit." He laughed. " It's an overwhelming desire to kiss." " I thought you weren't good at figuring out what you felt." " I'm probably using the word in the wrong context. But I'm pretty sure that's what this is. "
4 " Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after will. He admired his skill with a sword and his courage in battle. But sometimes, just sometimes, he felt an overwhelming desire to ram the young warrior's head against a convenient tree. "
― John Flanagan , Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice, #9)
5 " Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art. "
