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• Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way.

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  Running, Parent, Pieces

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “Girl at Sea”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• Something about this boat screamed, "I am a very popular model in the world's oil-bearing regions. I cost more than your soul!

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  Oil, Soul, Cost

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• No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong.

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  Done

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• She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower.

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  Stupid, Theory, Very Stupid

  Maureen Johnson (2009). “Girl at Sea”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• Even though she had been warned, she tripped over the bike. She probably tripped because she'd been warned and was telling herself not to trip over the bike. She did that sometimes. It was often easier not to know what obstacles were in the way.

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  Life, Way, Obstacles

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• Sometimes people graduate but they don't leave. They hang around for years, for no reason. I would think of ghosts like that, I decided.

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  Thinking, Years, People

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.131, Penguin

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• Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read and enjoy a childrens book.

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  Book, Magic, Special

  "Let JK Rowling's magic dispel prejudice about her 'proper adult novel'" by Maureen Johnson, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2012.

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• Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

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  Cat, Brooks, Lecturing

  Maureen Johnson (2013). “The Key To The Golden Firebird”, p.30, Hot Key Books

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• We're going to die," Keith said, the moment he was gone. "This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and he's going to bury us in his garden and build a shed on us.

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  Men, Garden, Serial Killer

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• She couldn't take her eyes off the boxers. Mostly, she had a view of the back, but he turned halfway when he looked over. She commanded herself not to look at the front flap, which, of course, was exactly what she honed in on. He spit and put his mouth under the tap to get some water. All while just wearing underwear. All while she just stared at the crucial spot of the Action Pants.

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  Eye, Views, Water

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• Top Trumps appeared to be a game in which you got cards, and the cards had a picture (in this case, of a horse), and told you all kinds of stats for that horse, how fast it was, how big it was, etc. Whoever had the better horse won both the cards. You repeated this until someone had all the cards. So, basically it was exactly like high school, except it only took three minutes. Which was really a bit more humane, if you thought about it.

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  Horse, School, Games

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• It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward.

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  Dirty, Moving, Ideas

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• They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.

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  Together, Normal, Enough

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• And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?" "A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate.

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  Faces, Roommate, Lit

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.52, Penguin

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• I am a mass of contradictions.

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  Contradiction, Mass

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• I still have a whopping bad case of what you call scag magnetism. I thought i had gotten rid of it there, but it looks like scary guys still materialize from thin air in my presence. They are drawn to me. I am the North Pole, and they are the explorers of love.

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  Air, Guy, Scary

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• This kind of thing always amazed Ginny--people who just walked away from institutions. People who left school when they didn't see the point. Aunt Peg had done that. Ginny knew she never would. That either made her someone who worked hard and finished things, or someone who didn't have the guts to break away from the pack. Maybe both.

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  School, Aunt, People

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• And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

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  People, Assuming, Claims

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.66, Penguin

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• One person's crazy is another person's sane, I guess.

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  Life, Crazy, Sane

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.49, Penguin

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• Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine. You're not fine. And you don't have to be fine.

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  Lying, Next, Spine

  Maureen Johnson (2014). “Scarlett Fever”, p.160, Hot Key Books

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• Can I tell you something you really don't want to hear? He's going to break up with you. - Stuart

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  Want, Break

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.59, Penguin

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• Before I take you into the beating heart of the story, let’s get one thing out of the way. I know from experience that when it comes up later, it will distract you so much that you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else I will tell you. My name is Jubilee Dougal. Take a moment and let it sink in.

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  Heart, Names, Stories

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.8, Penguin

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• Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.

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  Wrestling, Animal, Leisure Activities

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.16, Penguin

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• I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality.

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  Reality, Long, Enough

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.41, Penguin

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• No sausage?" he asked. Apparently my pork consumption habits were a matter of public record.

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  Pork, Records, Sausage

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.123, Penguin

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