Bigs Quotes - Page 29

• Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.

  David Mitchell

  Lying, World, May

  David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.401, Random House Group

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• I told you not to take off work for this." “And miss your big finale? No way.I’m all atwitter to see how things turn out.” “That’s cute, Jordo.” Then he frowned as Nick McCall was suddenly there, in their lives, and Kyle was therefore being a little…cautious before welcoming him into the family. “Be nice, Kyle,” Jordan warned. “What?” he asked innocently. “When have I ever not been nice to Tall, Dark, and You Can’t Be Serious About This Guy?” “I like him. Get used to it.

  Julie James

  Cute, Nice, Dark

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• The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces, putting in some useful work as a squall, building up experience, making contacts, occasionally leaping out on unsuspecting shepherds or blasting quite small oak trees. Now an opening in the weather had given it an opportunity to strut its hour, and it was building up its role in the hope of being spotted by one of the big climates.

  Terry Pratchett

  Opportunity, Years, Building Up

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• Allow me to translate, Twitchtip said, not even bothering to move. "She said if you don't stop your incessant babble, that big rat sitting in the boat next to you will rip your head off.

  Suzanne Collins

  Rip, Moving, Sitting

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “Gregor the Overlander Collection:”, p.244, Scholastic Inc.

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• When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich side of town. Poor people don't post signs like NO TRESPASSING, PRIVATE DRIVE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, MONITORED BY CAMERA SURVEILLANCE. I should know because I've been poor my entire life, and the only person I know who ever posted a sign like these is my friend...and he actually stole the sign off a rich guy's yard.

  Simone Elkeles

  People, House, Guy

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• Noise ain't Truth, Noise is what men want to be true, and there's a difference twixt those two things so big that it could ruddy well kill you if you don't watch out.

  Patrick Ness

  Men, Two, Differences

  Patrick Ness (2008). “The Knife of Never Letting Go”, Candlewick Press (MA)

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• Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else.

  Patrick Ness

  Easy, Should, Mess

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• I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying perhaps too much. But there are these feelings inside me which need badly to escape, I guess. And this makes me feel relieved because one of my big concerns these past few years is that I've been losing my ability to feel things with the same intensity- the way I felt when I was younger. It's scary- to feel your emotions floating away and just not caring. I guess what's really scary is not caring about the loss.

  Douglas Coupland

  Loss, Caring, Past

  Douglas Coupland (2012). “Life After God”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Well … Zeus approves, Aeolus muttered. ―He says … he says it would be better if you could avoid saving her until after the weekend, because he has a big party planned—Ow! That‘s Aphrodite yelling at him, reminding him that the solstice starts at dawn. She says I should help you. And Hephaestus… yes. Hmm. Very rare they agree on anything. Hold on

  Rick Riordan

  Party, Weekend, Yelling

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• Your horse is named Small. Yes. Mine is named Big. -Fire and Brigan

  Kristin Cashore

  Horse, Fire, Mines

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• Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be able to hit as hard as we like, shouldn’t we?

  Rick Riordan

  Brother, Little Sister, Littles

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Weather

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• Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his bewigged head. 'Death to the capitalist pigs! Death to your cinnamon bun-smelling malls! Death to your power walking and automatic car windows and I'm With Stupid T-shirts! The Republic of ChaCha will never bend to your side-of-fries -drive -through-please-oh-would-you-like-ketchup-with-that corruption! MoMo B. ChaCha defies you and all you stand for, and one day, you will crumble into the sea and we will pick up the pieces and make them into sand art.

  Libba Bray

  Art, Stupid, Pigs

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

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• Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, People

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• No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?

  Patrick Ness

  Beautiful, Hate, Air

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• I've never been in love, but I've always imagined it--weirdly--like some sort of OxiClean commercial. The TV host shows a scene from an ordinary day, and then takes a big old sponge soaked in love and swipes away the stains. Suddenly that same scene is missing all the mistakes, all the loneliness. The colors are like jewels, ten times richer than they were before. The music is louder and clearer. "Love," the host will say, "makes life a little brighter.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mistake, Loneliness, Ordinary Days

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• We'd sit with a big bowl of popcorn, wrapped together in a queen-size blanket, and would escape to a place where magic was ours for the taking, where men rescued the people they loved instead of abandoning them. A place where, no matter how bad things looked at that moment, there would always be a happy ending.

  Jodi Picoult

  Queens, Men, People

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• With six weeks' worth of recuperation time, you'll also be able to see any glaring holes in the plot or character development. And listen--if you spot a few of these big holes, you are forbidden to feel depressed about them or to beat up on yourself. Screw-ups happen to the best of us.

  Stephen King

  Character, Screw Ups, Plot

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

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• I wonder-maybe the key is balance. Maybe it's about living in the moment while still keeping your eye on the big picture-on all the pictures.

  Sarah Mlynowski

  Eye, Keys, Live In The Moment

  Sarah Mlynowski (2010). “Gimme a Call”, p.291, Delacorte Press

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• Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms and claws, armed with stones and sticks.

  Tamora Pierce

  Cousin, Brother, Uncles

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.243, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.

  Tamora Pierce

  Thinking, Make You Think, Excited

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.707, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• You set me up," I say. "One big con. You can't blame me because I turned out not to be gullible enough. You can't blame the mark. That's not how it works. Have some respect for the nature of the game.

  Holly Black

  Games, Blame, Gullible

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running.

  Rodman Philbrick

  Running, Laughing So Hard, Giving

  Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.20, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push.

  Carrie Vaughn

  Bully, Buttons, Red

  Carrie Vaughn (2010). “Kitty and the Silver Bullet”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• ...I just pulled a pretty big job and needed to hide out for awhile." "...Where's all the loot?" "That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart." Artemis put two and two together and arrived at a very unpleasant four. "You were here to rob me!" "No, I wasn't. How dare you?!

  Eoin Colfer

  Cousin, Jobs, Lying

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