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in a heap

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He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face. Cassandra Clare

All the things of this world are no more than earth. Place them in a heap under your feet and you will be so much the nearer to heaven. Josemaría Escrivá

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. Alice Walker

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble. Jill Scott

Lichfield, England. Swallows certainly sleep all winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river. Samuel Johnson

A rotten coconut in a heap spoils the wholesome ones. Swahili Proverb

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