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• How do you know that, Philo, dear?" But Philologos had had enough of being condescended to. "Because, Lamion, I am not as dumb as you think I am, even if you are." By the time Lamion had parsed this to make sure that there was in fact an insult at the end of it, Hilarion had laid a restraining hand on his arm.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Thinking, Hands, Dumb

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• My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

  Rick Riordan

  Family, Cousin, Giving Up

  "The Sea of Monsters". Book by Rick Riordan, April 1, 2006.

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• Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Tired, Thinking, Trying

  J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.648, e-artnow

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• its no surprise to me that anyone hardly tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep to themselves for good reason. Why would you want to tell anyone anything that's dear to you? Even when you like them and want nothing more than to be closer to them? It's so painful to be next to someone you feel so strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.

  Henry Rollins

  Smart, Want, Next

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• ...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Father, Mean, Draws

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)”, p.293, ShandonPress

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• Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

  Emile Zola

  Boys, Sin, Exquisite

  Emile Zola (2007). “The Kill”, p.141, Modern Library

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• It is not while beauty And youth are thine own And thy cheeks Unprofaned by a tear That the ferver and faith Of a soul can be known To which time will but Make thee more dear No the heart that has truly loved Never forgets But as truly loves On to the close As the sunflower turns On her god when he sets The same look which She'd turned when he rose.

  Thomas Moore

  Heart, Rose, Soul

  Thomas Moore (1861). “Poetical works”, p.235

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• Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

  L. Frank Baum

  Men, Good Man, Wizards

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• Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.

  James M. Barrie

  Girl, Sweet, Kindness

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• Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Simple, Years, Two

  Nicholas Sparks (2010). “Dear John”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• I've been burdened by questions I've asked myself a thousand times since the last time we were together. Why did I do it? And would I do it again? It was I, you see, who ended it.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Together, Lasts, Thousand

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• it may not always be so; and i say that if your lips, which i have loved, should touch another's, and your dear strong fingers clutch his heart, as mine in time not far away; if on another's face your sweet hair lay in such a silence as i know,or such great writhing words as, uttering overmuch, stand helplessly before the spirit at bay; if this should be, i say if this should be- you of my heart, send me a little word; that i may go unto him, and take his hands, saying, Accept all happiness from me. Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird sing terribly afar in the lost lands.

  e. e. cummings

  Sweet, Strong, Heart

  e. e. cummings (2014). “100 Selected Poems”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Trust me, I have not earned your dear rebuke, I love, as you would have me, God the most; Would lose not Him, but you, must one be lost, Nor with Lot's wife cast back a faithless look Unready to forego what I forsook; This say I, having counted up the cost, This, tho' I be the feeblest of God's host, The sorriest sheep Christ shepherds with His crook. Yet while I love my God the most, I deem That I can never love you overmuch; I love Him more, so let me love you too; Yea, as I apprehend it, love is such I cannot love you if I love not Him. I cannot love Him if I love not you.

  Christina Rossetti

  Love You, I Love Him, Love Is

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.448, Delphi Classics

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• I do not see why I should e’er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.

  Robert Frost

  Long, Track, Missing

  Robert Frost (2014). “The Letters of Robert Frost”, p.6, Harvard University Press

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• Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started: Dear Diary, I spent the morning admiring my skin elasticity. God alive, I feel supple.

  Joe Dunthorne

  Morning, Jealous, Writing

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• Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking. Though they're not old enough to be valuable for their age alone, nor important enough to be sought after by collectors, my charges are dear to me, even if, as often as not, they are as dull on the inside as on the outside. No matter how banal the contents, there is always something that touches me. For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down.

  Diane Setterfield

  Reading, Writing, Two

  Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not going to be murdered," Harry said out loud. "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mirrors, Spirit, Loud

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• Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.

  J. K. Rowling

  Aunt, Boys, Wizards

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• Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin, A basin in the midst of hedges grown So thick, she cannot see her lover hiding, But she guesses he is near, And the sliding of the water Seems the stroking of a dear Hand upon her.

  Amy Lowell

  Hands, Water, Gowns

  Amy Lowell (2009). “Men, Women and Ghosts”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.

  Sarah Vowell

  Monsters, Idealist

  Sarah Vowell (2005). “Assassination Vacation”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• My dear, dear girl [. . .] we can't turn back the days that have gone. We can't turn life back to the hours when our lungs were sound, our blood hot, our bodies young. We are a flash of fire--a brain, a heart, a spirit. And we are three-cents-worth of lime and iron--which we cannot get back.

  Thomas Wolfe

  Girl, Heart, Iron

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• The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and what would I do with them, and how much were they going to get in my way?

  Elaine Dundy

  Principles, Vehemence, Way

  Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.80, New York Review of Books

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• We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Play, Suffering

  Charles Dickens (1992). “David Copperfield”, p.425, Wordsworth Editions

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• Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.

  Jhonen Vasquez

  Rats, Today, Dolls

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• When Catherine told me about this (tragedy nearby), I could only say, shocked, "Dear God, that family needs grace." She replied firmly, "That family needs casseroles," and then proceeded to organize the entire neighborhood into bringing that family dinner, in shifts, every single night, for an entire year. I do not know if my sister fully recognizes that this _is_ grace.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Night, Years, Grace

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