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I believe I am uttering insolent things to God.

From Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) by Bashkirtseff, Marie

I remember her once saying to me, as she raised her beautiful figure to its full height, and stretched her hand to the ceiling, “I am always at my best when I am uttering maledictions.”

From Mary Anderson by Farrar, J. M.

"And if I am uttering the least word of falsehood, may my mouth be twisted to one side, and may my two eyes drop out of my head," he added.

From Jewish Children by Berman, Hannah

Nay," answered Powell, humbly; "it is not my own wisdom I am uttering!

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

But I see Creon here with clouded brow advancing toward the house, I will cease therefore from the groans I am uttering.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides