There was a certain playfulness about her too, such a piquancy or ironic suggestion, such an untouched reserve.

Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.

He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

The thieves know this area. They're night owls. And they're growing bolder.