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• After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the enemy's demise. God saw this and grew angry. He said, in essence, 'Stop celebrating. For they are my children,too.

  Mitch Albom

  Children, Angel, Sea

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

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• It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love!

  Hilary McKay

  Falling In Love, Jobs, Sorry

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• Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.

  Markus Zusak

  Idiot, Kind, Arthur

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.154, RH Childrens Books

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• But the Good Book said a lot of things. Like 'love thy neighbor' and ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. If nothing else, wasn't the message of the Good Book to live and let live? So how could the Crosses call themselves 'God's chosen' and still treat us the way they did?

  Malorie Blackman

  Book, Like Love, Noughts And Crosses

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than the others.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Two, World, Remember

  Alexandre Dumas (2015). “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature”, p.128, 谷月社

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• Oh, yes, she's unusual!' he said bitterly. 'She blurts our whatever may come into her head;she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another;she's happier gromming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less diginity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a fault, and-a darling!

  Georgette Heyer

  Horse, Party, Eye

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• Well. Like I said, I dont want to fight anymore. I dont want us to hate each other. And ... well ... I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. No matter how I fee about us ... I want you to be happy

  Richelle Mead

  Hate, Eye, Fighting

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.305, Penguin

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• I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it." "Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him.

  E. Lockhart

  Strong, Doubt, Messages

  "Real Live Boyfriends: Yes, Boyfriends, Plural, if my Life weren't Complicated, I wouldn't be Ruby Oliver". Book by E. Lockhart, 2010.

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• She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.

  Rachel Caine

  Smell, Cookies, Claire

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Midnight Alley”, p.108, Allison & Busby

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• You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Bows, Logic, Poet

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• Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody." "You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Heroic, Mercy, Tick

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• I'm in love," he said hoarsely. "With someone else. That's why." Qhuinn (Lover Unleashed)

  J.R. Ward

  Lovers, Unleashed

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• One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.

  Markus Zusak

  Kissing, Dying, One Day

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.61, RH Childrens Books

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• Even at the time, I realised this couldn't be right, that this interpretation didn't fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn't an issue with me. The song was about what I said, and I used to listen to it again and again, on my own, whenever I got the chance.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Song, Issues, Chance

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2009). “Never Let Me Go”, p.64, Faber & Faber

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• But I really wanted to find it for you. And when it looked in the end like it wasn't going to turn up, I just said to myself, one day I'll go to Norfolk and I'll find it there for her.' 'The lost corner of England,' I said.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  One Day, England, Lost

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2009). “Never Let Me Go”, p.155, Faber & Faber

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• What am I coming for?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I have come to be where you are," he said; "I can't help it.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Eye, Helping, Where You Are

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Anna karenina (Arcadia Classics)”, p.132, Leo Tolstoy

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• My granny Torrelli says when you are angry with someone, so angry you are thinking hateful things, so angry maybe you want to punch them, then you should think of the good things about them, and the nice things they've said, and why you liked them in the first place.

  Sharon Creech

  Nice, Thinking, Want

  Sharon Creech (2009). “Granny Torrelli Makes Soup”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• What are we going to do?" asked the Professor. "At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash into a lamppost.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Thinking, Moments, Detachment

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• ‎"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of." "Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Thinking, Doe, World

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• Who are you, Master?' he asked. 'Eh, what?' said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. 'Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Eye, Names, Sitting

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.101, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.

  Mary Balogh

  Wish, Doe, Compromise

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• Love does not last forever, then?" "He asked me the same thing this morning," she said. "No, it does not - not love that has been betrayed. One realizes that one has loved a mirage, someone who never really existed. Not that love dies immediately or soon, even then. But it does die and cannot be revived.

  Mary Balogh

  Morning, Forever, Betrayed

  Mary Balogh (2008). “Simply Perfect”, p.224, Delacorte Press

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• I have no words,” he said hoarsely. “And I know exactly what you’re telling me.” Lover Unleashed

  J.R. Ward

  Lovers, Unleashed, Knows

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• The Dormouse looked out, and he said with a sigh: "I suppose all these people know better than I. It was silly, perhaps, but I did like the view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).

  A. A. Milne

  Silly, Blue, Views

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.80, Egmont UK

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• I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.

  Charles Portis

  People, Substance, Faces

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.244, A&C Black

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