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• Ash should take the ladies, because he's charming." Ash looked pleased. Jared raised his eyebrows. "Are you saying that I'm not a charmer?" "You are very dear to me, but you have all the savoir faire of a wildebeest," Kami told him. "A wildebeest," Jared repeated. "A dashingly handsome wildebeest," Kami assured him.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Eyebrows, Handsome, Ashes

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold (The Lynburn Legacy Book 2)”, p.233, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured.

  Sun Tzu

  Army, Victory, Battle

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.20, Xist Publishing

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• I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior

  Veronica Roth

  Tobias, My Family, Lost

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• Ati sarvatra varjayet: Excess of anything is bad. Some of us are attracted to Good. But the universe tries to maintain balance. So what is good for some may end up being bad for others... Agriculture is good for us humans as it gives us an assured supply of food, but it is bad for the animals that lose their forest and grazing land.

  Amish Tripathi

  Animal, Land, Agriculture

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• There was nothing so attractive as a powerful, handsome, and self-assured man.

  Sylvia Day

  Powerful, Men, Self

  Sylvia Day (2012). “A Hunger So Wild: A Renegade Angels Novel”, p.52, Penguin

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• I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.

  Agatha Christie

  Long, Bored, Enough

  Agatha Christie (1986). “Postmark: Murder”, GuildAmerica Books

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• ...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.

  Yann Martel

  Zoos, Fall, Animal

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.73, Canongate Books

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• We'd been assured it wouldn't be painful, though she might experience 'discomfort,' a term beloved of the medical profession that seems to be a synonym for agony that isn't yours.

  Lionel Shriver

  Agony, Might, Medical Profession

  Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.306, Counterpoint Press

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• Before I chose Dauntless...I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances except that where I go, I go because I choose to.

  Veronica Roth

  Long, Reassurance, Felt

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• Do not wake me from this slumber, but be assured that just as I have wept much, I have also wandered many roads with my thoughts.

  Mark Z. Danielewski

  Slumber, My Thoughts

  Mark Z. Danielewski (2000). “Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves”

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• We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Running, Car, May

  Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Rainshadow Road”, p.37, Macmillan

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• I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. "That's too bad," I said. "It's okay, though," she assured me. "Someday I'll show you an extraordinary boy, Macy. They do exist. You just have to believe me." "Don't worry," I said. "I do.

  Sarah Dessen

  Believe, Boys, Men

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.131, Penguin

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• Jumping up and down is definitely sexy," Vayl assured me. "Would you like to do it two or three times right now before we get down to business?" Sterling and Cole groaned at the same time "Ewww!

  Jennifer Rardin

  Sexy, Jumping, Two

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• Bad Girl!" She chided. "I'm pretty sure Boris is a boy," I said. "Oh, I know," Mrs. Basil E. assured me. "I just like to keep him confused," Then she and Boris headed off with my future.

  David Levithan

  Girl, Confused, Boys

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• It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Believe, Reassurance, Great Gatsby Book

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “The Great Gatsby”, p.38, Atlântico Press

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• If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Lying, Believe, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.464, Oxford University Press

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• If Mr. Thornton was a fool in the morning, as he assured himself at least twenty times he was, he did not grow much wiser in that afternoon. All that he gained in return for his sixpenny omnibus ride, was a more vivid conviction that there never was, never could be, any one like Margaret; that she did not love him and never would; but that she — no! nor the whole world — should never hinder him from loving her.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Morning, Twenties, Afternoon

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2012). “Norte e Sul: North and South: Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.702, Editora Landmark LTDA

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• When Will Graham could open his right eye, he saw the clock and knew where he was- an intensive-care unit. He knew to watch the clock. Its movement assured him that this was passing, would pass. That's what it was there for.

  Thomas Harris

  Eye, Watches, Movement

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.434, Penguin

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• When I talk about the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, I'm talking about our facing that which most terrifies us about ourselves, embracing it and fearing it no longer, refusing to allow it to exist separate from the rest of our being, resting assured that we are loved and we belong and we are going to be just fine.

  Rob Bell

  Talking, Fine

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• Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured.

  David Mitchell

  Victory, Ordinary, Accepted

  "Cloud Atlas: A Novel".

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• Whatever happened to the dragon?" I mustered my primmest tone. "He has a name, you know." Adrian pulled back and gave me a curious look. "I didn't know, actually. What'd you decide on?" "Hopper" When Adrian laughed, I added "Best rabbit ever. He'd be proud to know his name is being passed on." "Yes, I'm sure he would. Did you name the Mustang too?" "I think you mean the Ivashkinator." He stared at me in wonder. "I told you I loved you, right? "Yes," I assured him. "Many Times

  Richelle Mead

  Romantic, Mean, Thinking

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.219, Penguin

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• Assured her I've never loved anyone except myself and have no intention of starting now.

  David Mitchell

  Intention, Starting, Starting Now

  David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.90, Random House Group

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• Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.

  Junot Diaz

  Mother, Children, Mean

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.90, Faber & Faber

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• It's here somewhere," I assured him. "Please tell me you haven't lost it already." "We did fall out of the sky, you know," I said indignantly. "It's easy for things to go missing.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Fall, Sky, Missing

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.4, Macmillan

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• We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. There is, indeed, a certain low and moderate sort of poetry, that a man may well enough judge by certain rules of art; but the true, supreme, and divine poesy is equally above all rules and reason. And whoever discerns the beauty of it with the most assured and most steady sight sees no more than the quick reflection of a flash of lightning.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Art, Writing, Reflection

  Michel de Montaigne (1850). “Works, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy: With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices &c., &c”, p.126

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