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• It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.

  James Patterson

  Bullying, Strong, Stupid

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• Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen!

  Harper Lee

  Hens, Jacob, Wet

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• You encountered a misery near the end of the day and it took a while to gauge its full extent. Some miseries had sharp curvature and could be negotiated readily. Others had almost no curvature and you knew you'd be spending hours turning the corner. Great whopping-big planet-sized miseries.

  Jonathan Franzen

  The End Of The Day, Gauges, Misery

  Jonathan Franzen (2001). “The Corrections: A Novel”, p.255, Macmillan

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• You know, when most girls say they want a big rock, they don't mean, you know, literally a big rock. -Clary Fray to Jace Wayland

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Mean, Rocks

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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• Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Knowing, Answers, Next

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• I realised, of course, that other people used these roads; but that night, it seemed to me these dark byways of the country existed just for the likes of us, while the big glittering motorways with their huge signs and super cafes were for everyone else.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Country, Dark, Night

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• There’s a big difference between death threats and love letters–even if the person writing the death threats still claims to actually love you. Of course, considering I once tried to kill someone I loved, maybe I had no right to judge.

  Richelle Mead

  Love You, Writing, Differences

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.5, Penguin

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• Halt shook his head. "You warriors don't do much geography in Battleschool, do you?" Horace shrugged. "We're not big on that sort of thing. We wait for our leader to point to an enemy and say, 'Go whack him.' We leave geography and such to Rangers. We like you to feel superior." "Go whack him, indeed," Halt said. "It must be comforting to lead such an uncomplicated life.

  John Flanagan

  Warrior, Leader, Waiting

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• Nellie grinned. "I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world." "Sweet," put in Dan. "Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike." The au pair sighed. "Better than an eleven-year-old with a big mouth.

  Gordon Korman

  Sweet, Hunger Strike, Years

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The 39 Clues #2: One False Note”, p.89, Scholastic Inc.

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• Annabeth, thank goodness, would be staying in New York. She'd gotten permission from her parents to attend a boarding school in the city so she could be close to Olympus and oversee the rebuilding efforts. "And close to me?" I asked. "Well, someone's got a big sense of his own importance." But she laced her fingers through mine. I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought—just maybe—we were off to a good start.

  Rick Riordan

  New York, School, Cities

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• I was taken to an examining room where a big butch nurse practitioner came in and asked me if I was pregnant. “No way!” Was I sexually active? “Nope!” Had I ever been molested? “Well,” I said, trying to make a joke, “Oprah says the only answers to that question are ‘Yes’ and ‘I don’t remember.’ ” I laughed. We were having fun. The nurse looked at me, concerned/annoyed.

  Tina Fey

  Fun, Taken, Nurse

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• She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Insecure, Italian, Revolution

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.28, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Life had taught her that we all require big and small lies in order to survive, just as much as we need air. She used to say that if during one single day, from dawn to dusk, we could see the naked reality of the world, and of ourselves, we would either take our own lives or lose our minds.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Lying, Reality, Air

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• Once— and most of the night definitely counts as once—you can write off as a mistake. But you do this again and he's going to start thinking he has rights over you.” She knew predatory changeling men. They liked control. They particularly liked their women to submit. And Riley was one big giant hunk of testosterone-fueled Neanderthal wolf—he probably thought her submission was his right. She snorted. “Not in this lifetime.

  Nalini Singh

  Mistake, Writing, Night

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series”, p.31, Penguin

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• I was always searching, always seeking the next big thing, because that was the thing that was going to make everything all right again. And while I was working toward it, it gave me something to think about other than that thing I couldn't put my finger on. But it always came back.

  Sara Gruen

  Thinking, Next, Fingers

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• The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there.

  Richard Rohr

  Home, Men, Soul

  Richard Rohr (2010). “On the Threshold of Transformation”, p.4, Loyola Press

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• When you are old you can look back and see yourself when you are young. It is almost like looking down from heaven. And you see yourself as a young woman, just a big girl really, half awake to the world. You see yourself happy, holding in your arms a good, decent, gentle, beloved young man with the blood keen in his veins, who before long is going to disappear, just disappear, into a storm of hate and flying metal and fire. And you just don't know it.

  Wendell Berry

  Girl, Hate, Men

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• You could call him," Wes suggests. "Why be a spectator in the game of love? Take charge. Don't wait around and let the boy call all the shots." "As cheesy as all of that sounds," Kimmie adds. "Cheese or not,I know what I'm talking about." He sulks. "I've lived it. I've learned it." Kimmie lets out a laugh. "With who,Romeo? That Wendy girl you paid to date you?" "Oh, and because I don't have a dating history as big as your mouth, it doesn't quite measure up?" "I hate to break this to you, but that isn't the only thing of yours that doesn't measure up." "Wouldn't you like to know?" He grins.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Girl, Hate, Boys

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• I wasn’t a fabulous cook. I didn’t have a boyfriend, much less a husband. And I wasn’t a big financial success. I could live with all those failings as long as I knew that once in a while I looked really hot.

  Janet Evanovich

  Husband, Long, Hot

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “High Five”, p.60, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• My platform's called Don't Even Think About It. I go to schools and I say, 'Whatever bad thing it is you're thinking of doing, don't even think about it. 'Cause I can see into your soul, and I will hide in your closet and come for you in the night, and the last sound you ever hear will be my sharp teeth popping through the flesh of my gums, ready to eat you.' Their eyes get all big. It's awesome. I love little kids, man. They're the cutest

  Libba Bray

  Eye, School, Kids

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• They believed that if a mouse found your hair clippings and built a nest with them you got a headache. If the nest was big enough, you might go mad.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Hair, Mad, Nests

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”, p.4, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• And then, well . . . He might have slept for a bit. He rather hoped he was sleeping, because he was quite certain he’d seen a six-foot rabbit hopping through his bedchamber, and if that wasn’t a dream, they were all in very big trouble. Although really, it wasn’t the rabbit that was so dangerous as much as the giant carrot he was swinging about like a mace. That carrot would feed an entire village.

  Julia Quinn

  Dream, Sleep, Feet

  Laurie Paige, Julia Quinn (2015). “Something to Hide”, p.183, Harlequin

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• Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what could be more obvious than the old black velvet and pearls type? The perfect ‘woman of mystery’ is one who is blonde, subtle and Nordic. ... Although I do not profess to be an authority on women, I fear that the perfect title [for a movie], like the perfect woman is difficult to find.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Perfect, Imagination, Black

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• Newspapers are even worse for me than ice cream; headlines, and the big issues that generate the headlines, are pure fat.

  John Irving

  Ice Cream, Issues, Newspapers

  John Irving (1989). “A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel”, William Morrow & Co

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