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• Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.

  Neil Gaiman

  Reality, Echoes, Storm

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• Man, my girl is one tough chick when she wants to be. I wonder if it has something to do with those big, comfy granny panties she’s got on.

  Simone Elkeles

  Girl, Men, Want

  Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

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• You are a vampire. That's big news in my world. I don't generally date the living dead. What sort of dead do you usually date?

  Christine Warren

  Vampire, News, World

  Christine Warren (2010). “One Bite With A Stranger”, p.277, Macmillan

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• It draws it's strength, this big secret, from the same root from which I draw my strength, both the good and the bad, because in the end, they cannot be separated.

  Anne Rice

  Roots, Secret, Ends

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Mayfair Witches Series 3-Book Bundle: Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos”, p.919, Ballantine Books

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• How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Tree, Leader

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• You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.

  Terry Pratchett

  Lying, Believe, Justice

  "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Can't you just keep your big mouth shut?" Brian said furiously to Nan. He pointed to Chrestomanci. "How do we know he's safe? For all we know, he could be the devil that you summoned up!" "Oh, you flatter me, Brian," Chrestomanci said.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Devil, Mouths, Safe

  Diana Wynne Jones (2000). “Witch Week”

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• I waved to everybody. Some of them even waved back. They knew me, had seen me go by before, always cheerful, a big hello for everybody. He was such a nice man. Very friendly. I can’t believe he did those horrible things . . .

  Jeff Lindsay

  Nice, Believe, Men

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.32, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head.

  Rick Riordan

  Reminders, Big Heads, Better Than You

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• One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want you to have health insurance. Your friends want you to be a good friend. But everyone’s thinking about their own problems and nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, ‘Boy, I sure hope Sam finishes that chapter and gets one step closer to his dream of being a working writer.’ Nobody does that. If you want to write, it has to come from you. If you don’t want to write, that’s great. Go do something else. That was a very liberating moment for me.

  Sam Lipsyte

  Dream, Morning, Writing

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• I've decided to call him Norbert,' said Hagrid, looking at the dragon with misty eyes. 'He really knows me now, watch. Norbert! Norbert! Where's Mummy?' 'He's lost his marbles,' Ron muttered in Harry's ear. 'Hagrid,' said Harry loudly, 'give it a fortnight and Norbert's going to be as big as your house. Malfoy could go to Dumbledore at any moment. Hagrid bit his lip. 'I- I know I can't jus' dump him, I can't.' Harry suddenly turned to Ron. 'Charlie,' he said. 'You're losing it too,' said Ron. 'I'm Ron, remember?

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Dragons, Giving

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• So, let's make a deal: If you do not voice all the withering comments about the weight or uselessness of this jacket that are no doubt swirling in that big brain of yours, then I will not mention the super-laser episode again. Agreed?" This jacket is really cutting into my shoulders, thought Artemis. And it's so heavy that I could not outrun a slug. But he said, "Agreed.

  Eoin Colfer

  Cutting, Voice, Brain

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• Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked

  Faith Hunter

  War, Sticks, Enough

  Faith Hunter (2012). “Death's Rival: A Jane Yellowrock Novel”, p.31, Penguin

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• Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything he needed, just a few miles away on the island. The logical, rational answer was obvious. "Which is why the world stays messed up," Caine said under his breath. "People aren't rational." He took a few deep, steadying breaths, and prepared to die for power.

  Michael Grant

  Beautiful, Girl, Islands

  "Plague". Book by Michael Grant, 2011.

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• Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I’m hoping hard for that.

  Joan Bauer

  Home, Changed, Feels

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• He nodded nervously. ‘He looks like a magician. I hate magicians. They usually have rabbits.’ I stared at him. ‘You’re scared of bunnies?’ ‘Blah-hah-hah! They’re big bullies. Always stealing celery from defenceless satyrs.

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Bully, Rabbits

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful: Take personal responsibility. Things change, so be flexible. Work smart and work hard. Serve others well. Be nice to others. Be optimistic. Have goals; want something big for yourself. Stay focused. Keep learning. Become excellent at what you do. Trust your gut. When in doubt, take action. Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Enjoy all you've got. Above all keep it simple.

  Larry Winget

  Nice, Smart, Hard Work

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.19, Penguin

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• Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Animal, Thinking, Problem

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• The first thing to say about Eve is that she was a big improvement on the Adam design, or that Adam was an extremely misguided variation on the Eve design. (Consider testicles. Two concentrated nuclei of absolute vulnerability. Where? Dangling between the legs. I rest my case.)

  Glen Duncan

  Two, Design, Variation

  Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.35, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big fat beyond my understanding – to understand maybe by trying to put it into form. To find the feeling of infinity on the horizon line or just over the next hill.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Understanding, Feelings, Trying

  "Some Memories of Drawings". Book by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1974.

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• Oh... Adrian, I've got one more favor to ask you. A big one." "Fondue?" he asked hopefully.

  Richelle Mead

  Fondue, Favors, Hopefully

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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• Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance.

  Jane Jacobs

  Dream, Cities, People

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• Through my curtains I can see a big yellow moon. I’m thinking of all the people in the world who will be looking at that same moon. I wonder how many of them haven’t got any eyebrows?

  Louise Rennison

  Thinking, Moon, Eyebrows

  Louise Rennison (2013). “The Complete Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson:”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

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• The difficulty will be to keep her from learning too fast and too much. She is always sitting with her little nose burrowing into books. She doesn't read them, Miss Minchin; she gobbles them up as if she were a little wolf instead of a little girl. She is always starving for new books to gobble, and she wants grown-up books--great, big, fat ones--French and German as well as English--history and biography and poets, and all sorts of things. Drag her away from her books when she reads too much.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Girl, Book, English History

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.9, Xist Publishing

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• I've been going a long time now along the way I've learned some things. You have to make the good times yourself take the little times and make them into big times and save the times that are all right for the ones that aren't so good.

  Rod McKuen

  Long, Littles, Way

  Rod McKuen (1970). “Listen to the Warm”

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