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• When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Eye, Personality

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.17, Prestwick House Inc

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• So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked. She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?' 'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.' 'Oh. Then. Nothing.' He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.

  Trudi Canavan

  People, Buying, Reactions

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• There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.

  Vincent Price

  Doors, People, Personality

  Vincent Price (2016). “I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography”, p.55, Open Road Media

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• I was horribly self-conscious; I wanted everybody to look at me and think me the most fascinating creature in the world, and yet I died a small hideous death if I saw even one person throw a casual glance at me.

  M. F. K. Fisher

  Thinking, Self, Looks

  M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon (2004). “The Art of Eating”, p.415, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• How is it that one woman is…enough…for three men?” “I don’t know.” “She must be a very talented courtesan.” “Callie.” “Well, that was what she was. Wasn’t it?” “Yes.” “How very fascinating!” She smiled brightly. “I’ve never met a courtesan, you know.” “I could have surmised as such.” “She looked just as I imagined they did! Well, she was rather prettier.” Ralston’s eyes darted around the room as though he was looking for the quickest escape route. “Callie. Wouldn’t you rather gamble than talk about courtesans?

  Sarah MacLean

  Eye, Men, Three

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• You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn't nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.

  Anne Lamott

  Space, Giving, Intuition

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.112, Anchor

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• She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt words written by a girl she only vaguely remembered. She wished she'd written more. Her words mad her feel sad and proud, powerful and relieved." p 272

  Lisa Genova

  Girl, Powerful, Teenager

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time.

  Michelle Moran

  Kings, Queens, Soul

  Michelle Moran (2011). “Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution”, p.440, Broadway Books

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• Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

  Oscar Wilde

  Believe, Opinion, Moral

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories”, p.141, Penguin

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• He is dark and quiet and completely different from me, which is exactly why I should put distance between us. But it is also the reason I find him so fascinating.

  Jodi Picoult

  Distance, Dark, Different

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.565, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense.

  Cassandra Clare

  Together, Fallen Angels, Strings

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1509, Simon and Schuster

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• But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.

  Jane Austen

  Friendship, Happiness, Being Happy

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.28, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• As long as everyone's wearing their own pants." "I see I have come in on a fascinating moment in the conversation.

  Cassandra Clare

  Long, Pants, Moments

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1544, Simon and Schuster

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• I borrowed this from Kyle. My other shirt was pretty filthy." "Wow, you're wearing each other's clothes now. That's, like, best friend stuff." "Feeling left out?" said Kyle. "I suppose you want to borrow a black T-shirt too." "As long as everyone's wearing their own pants." "I see have come in on a fascinating moment in the conversation." Eric poked his head through the curtain.

  Cassandra Clare

  Clothes, Long, Feelings

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• I think being a teenager is such a compelling time period in your life--it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating moments. It's a fascinating place; old enough to feel truly adult, old enough to make decisions that affect the rest of your life, old enough to fall in love, yet, at the same time too young (in most cases) to be free to make a lot of those decisions without someone else's approval.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Inspirational, Falling In Love, Teenager

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• As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought that if she ran very fast at a pole and then caught it and swung quickly around, part of her would keep going, and she would become two girls.

  Tao Lin

  Girl, Children, Two

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• Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake.

  Veronica Roth

  Hands, Wakes You, Want

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• She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

  Vanna Bonta

  Night, Found, All Night

  "Degrees: Thought Capsules (Poems) and Micro Tales on Life, Death, Man, Woman, & Art". Book by Vanna Bonta, September 1, 1989.

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• I did a research assignment on life in the Middle Ages only last year. I found the era fascinating, all that chivalry and court romance. But I never pictured anything as poor as this village. This is the pits. There's no romance here, definitely no chivary. And it stinks--of sweat and smoke and sewage.

  Marianne Curley

  Years, Sweat, Romance

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• And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

  Alberto Moravia

  Love, Glasses, Understanding

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• But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just an orange juice salesman named Jefferson Jefferson. When he became rich and powerful, he went to court, made "Jefferson" his middle name, and then changed his first name to "Dr." Capital D. Lowercase r. Period.

  John Green

  Powerful, Doctors, Orange Juice

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.8, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude - and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

  Joseph Conrad

  Thinking, Darkness, Solitude

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Heart of Darkness”, p.93, eKitap Projesi

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• Only Valek would consider an attempt on my life a fascinating diversion.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Diversion

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.78, Harlequin

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• She tried to open the bottle, but the top slipped through her fingers without moving. He took the bottle from her hand and opened it with his thumb and index finger. There was nothing special in the gesture and yet she found it strangely fascinating like a small heroic feat performed specially for her.

  Paolo Giordano

  Moving, Hands, Special

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• Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

  Jackie French

  Book, Drag, Broccoli

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