5 uses
- Her motive was to cure my father of manic alcoholic consumption.p. 171.2
- ...hearts
'Seeing you I want
no other life'
'The golden skins have
caught my mind'
who came here
out of the bleached land
climbed this fortress
to adore the rock
and with the solitude of the air
behind them
carved an alphabet
whose motive was perfect desire
wanting these portraits of women
to speak
and caress.
Hundreds of small verses
by different hands
became one
habit of the unrequited.
Seeing you
I want no other life
and turn around
to the sky
and everywhere...p. 93.4 - When he asked Lalla if Brumphy was good-looking—trying humorously to suggest some motive for her protecting him—she replied, "Good looking?p. 116.5
- Who knows, this may have been Lalla's ulterior motive.p. 118.6
- After about ten minutes he still isn't over this bizarre motive for the visit.p. 157.3
There are no more uses of "motive" in Running in the Family.
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