Said Quotes - Page 17

• Whatever you are physically,' he said, 'Male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy -- all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are the flame.

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Heart, Warrior

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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• You're late," she said, tapping her watch. "No, you're just early.

  Melissa de la Cruz

  Watches, Late, Tapping

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• Now when Túrin learnt from Finduilas of what had passed, he was wrathful, and he said to Gwindor: 'In love I hold you for your rescue and sake-keeping. But now you have done ill to me, friend, to betray my right name, and call my doom upon me, from which I would lie hid.' But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, Names, Sake

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• Bonds are made to be broken," he said. "Just like rules.

  Melissa de la Cruz

  Broken, Made

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• If you really want me to be safe, maybe it's time." "I'd just feel safer if you'd start sleeping in a coffin." Just then my door creaked open. Billy's expression turned to surprise. "Get out!" I said, hopping off the bed. "Uh...we are making up lyrics to a song." But that didn't keep Billy out. Instead he was totally interested. "You're writing a song? That's so cool. I want to hear it." "It goes, 'Safer in a coffin, and if your brother doesn't leave, he'll be in one too.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Song, Brother, Sleep

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• I bet it breaks your heart to have two of your friends pine for me the way they do," he said proudly. "Luna...and now Scarlet. They can't keep their hands off of me." "It's just because you are foreign to them. It's like if they went to the zoo and stared at the monkeys. You are the monkey.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Zoos, Heart, Hands

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• Did I hear it's going to be someone's birthday?" a familiar male's voice said from behind me. I didnt even bother turning around and continued walking, but that didn't stop my nemesis from disturbing me. He jumped in front of me, blocking my way. "It's been a whole year, has it?" he asked in a syrupy tone. "Maybe this birthday I'll finally give you what you've always wanted.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Block, Years, Voice

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• His mom always said that trust was something you earned. And it wasn't something you gave easy. Too often, it was a tool your enemies used to hurt you with. 'Give them nothing, baby. Not until you have no choice. The world is harsh and it is cold. People can be good and decent, but most of them are only out for themselves and they'll hurt anyone they can'.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mom, Baby, Hurt

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick”, p.78, Macmillan

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• If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won’t hide from this. I would never live with myself.

  Brandon Mull

  Hero, Sacrifice, People

  Brandon Mull (2013). “Brandon Mull's Beyonders Trilogy: A World Without Heroes; Seeds of Rebellion; Chasing the Prophecy”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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• So what about that key?" I asked. "I knew you'd be asking me about it sooner or later." He pulled the cord out from underneath his shirt and dangled the key in front of me. "What do you want for it?" I sneered. "Five dollars?" "I don't want money," he said with a wicked grin. "What does it go to?" "A kiss will unlock more than this key will," he whispered in my ear.

  Ellen Schreiber

  Kissing, Keys, Wicked

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• Get inside before I spank you in public." There it was again, another of his maddening threats. Did that mean he wouldn't spank her if she did as he said or that he simply planned to spank her in private? She was still mulling over the whole unpleasant concept when he started the truck.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Mean, Mulling Over, Truck

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• Rick said, "Is there some place we can go and talk?" "You want to talk?," Keir raised an eyebrow. "I never thought I'd see the day." "Nah, I want to tell you this joke I heard." Keir nodded, patient. "Shoot." "Two Irish cops walk into a bar. The first cop says..." Rick's voice dropped. He said gruffly, "I love you. Come home." Keir managed to keep his voice steady. "What's the other cop say?" The sweetness of Rick's smile was like a kick in his chest. "That's what I'm here to find out, boyo.

  Josh Lanyon

  Love You, Home, Eyebrows

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• Majesty, I beg your forgiveness for the idignity you suffered and offer you the head of our enemy as—" "Put that thing down," I said impatiently. "I can't talk to you when you're shaking his head like a damned maraca.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Enemy, Majesty, Offers

  MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.225, Penguin

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• You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone.

  Franz Kafka

  Hands, Crosses

  Franz Kafka (2017). “The Trial / Der Proceß: Bilingual Edition: English - German / Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Englisch - Deutsch”, p.19, BookRix

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• Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Ballads

  'Children' (1849)

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• Scared?" Malfoy muttered, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him. "You wish." said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wish, Mouths, Scared

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• Every second that passes is like a door that opens to allow in what has not yet happened, what we call the future, but, to challenge the contradictory nature of what we have just said, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the future is just an immense void, that the future is just the time on which the eternal present feeds.

  Jose Saramago

  Doors, Challenges, Void

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• Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds. "And are you tempted to join him?" "No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. "I am not such a coward." "No," agreed Dumbledore. You are a braver man by far than Igot Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon..." He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Men, Thinking

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• Runes, runes, runes... Runes. An inverted Algiz rune. The caption next to it said “Chernobog.” The Black God. Right. Of course, it wouldn’t be Chernobog, God of Morning Dew on the Rose Petals, but a woman could always hope.

  Ilona Andrews

  Morning, Rose, Black

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.89, Penguin

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• swore. “Barabas said you might say that. I’m supposed to tell you this.” Ascanio cleared his throat and produced a remarkably accurate impression of Barabas’s tenor. “Courage, Your Majesty.” “I will kill him.” “The Beast Lord or Barabas?” “Both.

  Ilona Andrews

  Might, Majesty, Beast

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.124, Penguin

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• You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?" "For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine bottle.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Wife, Bottles, Credit

  Arthur Conan Doyle (1989). “Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories”, p.113, Wordsworth Editions

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• Here," Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. "Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone." He picked up the next part and slotted it in, took the screwdriver from Claire's numbed fingers, and fastened it with a couple of deft, fast movements. "I'll be your hands." She wanted to cry, because it was so sweet, but it wouldn't do any good.

  Rachel Caine

  Sweet, Couple, Hands

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town: The Morganville Vampires”, p.94, Penguin

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• Gilbert put his arm about them. 'Oh, you mothers!' he said. 'You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Mother, Arms, Made

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “Anne's House of Dreams”, p.193, Gideon House Books

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• ... Where did you go?” “Down below.” “Ugh,” she said. “I’ve heard they’re little better than animals.” Funny. I thought the same thing about most Topsiders I encountered. Tegan touched my hand in silent sympathy, and I set my jaw. ... I stepped forward and pasted on a false smile. We were in her home, after all. The least I could do was be polite. “I’m Deuce, animal from the underground.

  Ann Aguirre

  Home, Animal, Hands

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• Oh, I'll enjoy myself. I want to make sure you enjoy yourself." "Why?" I said. "If you enjoy yourself, then there's a better chance you'll want to be with me again.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Want, Chance, Enjoy

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