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• Are you ever afraid to go to sleep? Afraid of what comes next?” He smiles a sad little smile and I swear it’s like he knows. “Sometimes I’m afraid of what I’m leaving behind,” he says.

  Lauren Oliver

  Sleep, Leaving, Littles

  Lauren Oliver (2010). “Before I Fall”, p.260, Hachette UK

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• So long as my body lives, and yours -- we are one flesh," he whispered, "And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire -- I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Long, Heaven, Soul

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn”, p.3834, Delacorte Press

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• When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he senses the real me. The one without the attitude, without the facade[...]

  Simone Elkeles

  Attitude, Real, Eye

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• Trouble follows you like a shadow, Gillian. You're prone to injuries. I swear to God, if a tree decided to fall right now, it would find your head to land on." "Oh, for heaven's sake," she muttered. "I'll admit that I have had a run of bad fortune, but—" He wouldn't let her continue. "A run of bad fortune? Since I've known you, you've been beaten, stabbed and now shot with an arrow. If this keeps up, you'll be dead in another month

  Julie Garwood

  Running, Fall, Swear To God

  Julie Garwood (2010). “Ransom”, p.362, Simon and Schuster

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• I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, "This is so refreshing to see kids swear and smoke cigarettes like my friends." It just felt much more real than the Sesame Street version of childhood that I'd been spoon-fed.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Real, Kids, Childhood

  "Paper Girls: Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang talk Volume 2". Interview With Nivea Serrao, ew.com. November 29, 2016.

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• I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in "I have cumberbatched the UK audience" apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It's crazy and fun and very flattering.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Fun, Crazy, Years

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• Great men,
  Till they have gained their ends, are giants in
  Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies
  In their performance. And it is a maxim
  Allowed among them, so they may deceive,
  They may swear anything; for the queen of love,
  As they hold constantly, does never punish,
  But smile, at lovers' perjuries.

  Philip Massinger

  Life, Queens, Men

  Philip Massinger (1848). “The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an introduction, by Hartley Coleridge”, p.175

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• When my love swears that she is made of truth,
  I do believe her, though I know she lies.

  William Shakespeare

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

  Sonnet 138

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• There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

  Langston Hughes

  Mean, Rocks, Color

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• I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and worship you for all my days if you just this once provide me with an invisibility cloak, come on, come on, please please invisibility cloak now now now-. It's very possible that Jane is thinking the same thing, I have no idea, because she's not talking either, and I can't look at her on account of how I'm blinded by embarrassment.

  John Green

  Moving, Thinking, Invisibility Cloak

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• I swear these niggas gassed up, even though the price is high. I could own half as much clothing and be twice as fly.

  Drake

  Humble, Cocky, Half

  Song: Zone

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• The big homie use a flash if you must. And I swear I aint askin for much.

  Drake

  Humble, Use, Bigs

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• Don't listen to the lies, I swear they all lies. You know I could be your knight in shining Armor All tires.

  Drake

  Hater, Lying, Humble

  Song: Cameras, Album: Take Care, 2011

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• I swear niggas be eyein me all hard and lyin to they girls and drivin the same cars

  Drake

  Girl, Hater, Humble

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• I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete,
  The earth remains jagged and broken only to him or her who remains jagged and broken.

  Walt Whitman

  Life, Garden, Broken

  Walt Whitman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Walt Whitman (Illustrated)”, p.386, Delphi Classics

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• I don't believe in vitamin pills. I swear by men, darling-and as many as possible.

  Joan Collins

  Believe, Health, Men

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• I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.

  Richard Siken

  Taken, Feelings, Body

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• You should have had the decency to die when you needed to." “Sorry,” I admitted. “I’ve been going through a bit of a rebellious streak. I swear it’s almost over.

  Ally Carter

  Sorry, Should Have, Almost Over

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care. "I'm coming back for you, Calypso," he said to the night wind. "I swear it on the River Styx.

  Rick Riordan

  Night, Wind, Rivers

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• If this is the last time, let me say it so you never forget. I will always love you, Deuce. No matter where souls go, mine will be looking for you, solnyshko moyo." "No. I want a promise instead. Promise you'll fight like you never have, so when the dying stops, you'll be on your feet looking for me here." "I swear.

  Ann Aguirre

  Love You, Fighting, Feet

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• Remington Tate, I swear to you—I swear—that when I’m able to get up from this stupid bed and run again, you’re always, always, going to be the one thing I’ll run straight to.

  Katy Evans

  Running, Stupid, Bed

  Katy Evans (2013). “Mine”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• I’m not a violent person, Sydney. Not at all. I’ll make love over war any day. But I swear, if they’d hurt you—” “They didn’t,” I said firmly. I refused to let him know how scared I’d been because I was afraid he might go after them. “I’m fine. You came to the rescue.” A smile played at his lips. “Something tells me you would’ve rescued yourself.” And like that, the smile vanished. “But spirit would’ve been a lot more effective than a branch.” “Your treejitsu was very effective.

  Richelle Mead

  Hurt, War, Making Love

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• I swear to god; happiness is the best makeup.

  Drew Barrymore

  Beauty, Makeup, Swear To God

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• Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.

  Conor Oberst

  Death, Dying Slowly, Causes

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• Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Thinking, Remember

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.71, Wildside Press LLC

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