Ran Quotes - Page 19

• Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom. "Well, there's no reason to insult me, "muttered Daja, half offended.

  Tamora Pierce

  Parent, Sound, Half

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• I hadn't gotten far when I ran into Mason. Good God. Men everywhere.

  Richelle Mead

  Men, Good God, Masons

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.291, Penguin

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• When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles," Amelie said. "Not one who ran away from them." "Snap," Eve said. "You know what they're talking about?" Shane asked. "Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.

  Rachel Caine

  Talking, Battle, Needs

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Fade Out: The Morganville Vampires”, p.36, Penguin

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• I’ll distract them,” Carter said. “You search. The Trophy room is through there.” “Carter!” But the fool ran off to protect me. I hate when he does that.

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Doe, Rooms

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Oh, yeah, insanity ran deep in the roots of that family tree.’ (Talon)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Roots, Tree, Insanity

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Night Pleasures/Night Embrace”, p.404, Macmillan

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• I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?' " 'The way I want it?' " 'Yeah. The way you want it. Don't you want it to be something more than what it is?' " 'What'st eh point? I can't change it.' " 'That's the point. If you don't, it will change you and it'll be your fault cause you let it. I let it. And messed up my life.' " 'Mess it up how?' " 'Forgot it.' " 'Forgot?' " 'Forgot it was mine. My life. I just ran up and down the streets wishing I was somebody else.

  Toni Morrison

  Crazy, Wish, World

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• Every third step I ran, my breath exploded out of me all in a rush. One step to suck in another cold lungful. One step to let it excape. One step of not breathing.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Breathing, Steps, Cold

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.475, Scholastic Inc.

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• You like the party?" "Is it in honor of anything?" "My cat's birthday." "Oh." She glanced around. "Where's your cat?" "I dont know. He ran away." -Magnus & Clary, pg.221-

  Cassandra Clare

  Party, Cat, Honor

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• Magnus stood up and went to the window. He pushed the curtain back, letting in just enough light to silhouette his hawklike profile. "Blood," he said, half to himself. "I had a dream two nights ago. I saw a city all of blood, with towers made of bone, and blood ran in the streets like water." Simon slewed his eyes over to Jace. "Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" "No," said Jace, "sometimes he sits on the couch and does it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dream, Eye, Night

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.555, Simon and Schuster

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• People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did so because they chose to. They were asking for whatever they got. His response was their problem. But dogs were different. No free will. Easily misled. It raised an ethical problem. Shooting a dog because it had been induced to do something unwise was not the sort of thing Reacher wanted to do.

  Lee Child

  Dog, Men, People

  Lee Child (2006). “Die Trying: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.215, Penguin

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• Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure.

  James M. Barrie

  Adventure, Boys, Rocks

  Peter Pan act 3 (1928) See Frohman 1

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• Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained - if you ate animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.

  Harper Lee

  Cat, Eye, Animal

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me swiftly in front of Jem. "Yawl write, hear?" he bawled after us.

  Harper Lee

  Writing, Bye, House

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• Veronica ran out to tell Amber the shocking news - and returned in less than a minute with another message for Yo-Yoji: "Amber says she was watching and she knows you got in detention on purpose," she said breathlessly. "Because you have a crush on Cass!" Cass's ears instantly turned red. Max-Ernest looked like he'd been hit by a truck.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Crush, Red, Messages

  "If You're Reading This, It's Too Late". Book by Pseudonymous Bosch, 2008.

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• ...and she ran out of the diesel combustion and right to me and we held each other and we were not empty at all. "Holling," she said. "I was so afraid I wouldn't fine you." "I was standing right here, Heather." I said. "I'll always be standing right here.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Heathers, Empty, Said

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• I am sorry I ran from you. I am still running, running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge. For you meant only love, and love, and I felt only fear, and pain. So once in Israel love came to us incarnate, stood in the doorway between two worlds, and we were all afraid.

  Annie Dillard

  Running, Sorry, Pain

  Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.103, Canongate Books

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• how can he love me then not? He went,he ran. And I cannot bring him back. Yet I left the door metaphorically wide open, hoping he'd come back and bang on it proclaiming, "I want to be here with you. Always." Soon I'm going to have to shutit. For my safety and my sanity. Let go. I don't want to. Won't letting go be just that - letting go? Giving up? Admitting failure? Admitting that it is really, truly over?

  Freya North

  Letting Go, Giving Up, Doors

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• See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?" "Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Mother, Coal Miners

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• He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done.

  Rick Riordan

  Names, Done, Care

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.204, Penguin UK

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• Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he leaned in to kiss her, she gave herself over to him. While he held her close, she ran her hands over his shoulders and back, feeling the strength in his arms. She knew he’d wanted more in their relationship than she’d been willing to offer, but here and now, she suddenly knew she had no other choice. There was only this moment, and it was theirs.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Kissing, Hands, Choices

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• Then, as one hand tightened on me and his other ran gently over my hair, I noticed something. He didn't smell right.

  Richelle Mead

  Hair, Hands, Smell

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• I didn't know how...deep love ran, how it was in your blood, not your heart, and how that same blood pumped through your veins your whole life.

  Kristin Hannah

  Heart, Deep Love, Blood

  Kristin Hannah (2013). “Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again”, p.242, Ballantine Books

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• I peeked up at him one more time, and regretted it. He was glaring down at me again, his black eyes full of revulsion. As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Eye, Mind

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, October 5, 2005.

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• In my dream it was very dark, and what dim light there was seemed to be radiating from Edward's skin. I couldn't see his face, just his back as he walked away from me, leaving me in the blackness. No matter how fast I ran, I couldn't catch up to him; no matter how loud I called, he never turned. Troubled, I woke in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep again for what seemed like a very long time. After that, he was in my dreams nearly every night, but always on the periphery, never within reach.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Dream, Sleep, Dark

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, October 5, 2005.

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• I remember once walking out hand in hand with a boy I knew, and it was summer, and suddenly before us was a field of gold. Gold as far as you could see. We knew we'd be rich forever. We filled our pockets and our hair. We were rolled in gold. We ran through the field laughing and our legs and feet were coated in yellow dust, so that we were like golden statues or golden gods. He kissed my feet, the boy I was with, and when he smiled, he had a gold tooth. It was only a field of buttercups, but we were young.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Summer, Boys, Hair

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