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• Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word." "And you're a big-" "Tsk tsk," he interrupted. "No swearing in church.

  Cassandra Clare

  Church, Jace, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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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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• I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong or sometimes completely backward. I try to go back and correct it, but things get even more complicated and confused, so that I don’t even remember what I started to say in the first place. Like I was split into two or something, one half chasing the other. And there’s this big pillar in the middle and they go chasing each other around and around it. The other me always latches onto the right word and this me absolutely never catches up

  Haruki Murakami

  Confused, Talking, Two

  Haruki Murakami (1989). “Norwegian Wood”

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• I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.

  Dashiell Hammett

  Red, Ships, Firsts

  Dashiell Hammett (1982). “Sammlung”, MacMillan

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• she was just…beaming at me, and I thought she’d won the lottery or something, her smile was that big. I asked what happened, and she said…” Park swallowed again. “She said, ‘You’re here.”’ He blinked at Tess. “‘You’re here.’ That’s all it was. That big goofy smile just because I was there. Nobody ever smiled like that at me before.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Parks, Goofy, Her Smile

  Jennifer Crusie (2007). “Jennifer Crusie Bundle: Getting Rid of Bradley\Strange Bedpersons\What The Lady Wants\Charlie All Night”, p.444, MIRA

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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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• It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.

  Greg Graffin

  Children, Motivation, Ideas

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• You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. . . I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.

  J. K. Rowling

  Art, Believe, Magic

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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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• She laughed at him then, because he sounded like a small boy, not like a very large grown-up Beast with a voice so deep it made the hair on the back of your neck stir when you heard it. 'But vegetables are good for you,' she said, and added caressingly, 'They make you grow up big and strong.' He smiled, showing a great many teeth. 'You see why I wish to eat no more vegetables.

  Robin McKinley

  Strong, Growing Up, Boys

  Robin McKinley (2014). “Rose Daughter”, p.113, Open Road Media

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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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• I can't help it, Kate. And I'm laughing at me. I feel like one of those sappy men who run around with a big grin on his face all the time. I feel like grinning all the time around you, and it's so idiotic.

  Christine Feehan

  Running, Men, Laughing

  Christine Feehan (2006). “The Wicked and the Wondrous”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

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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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• Be gentle with him, Mercy. He's got a heart as big as Texas— he'll die for you without blinking. But he doesn't expect anyone to do the same for him.

  Nalini Singh

  Heart, Texas, Mercy

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series”, p.274, 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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• She was alive, and they were dead. She had to try to make her life big. As big as she could. She promised Bailey she would keep playing.

  Ann Brashares

  Trying, Alive

  Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.204, Delacorte Press

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• Sometimes I think that love is one big fairy tale. I wonder if people who say they are in love, if – really – they’ve just talked themselves into it. They want it so badly, they kind of make it happen. They fake it until they start believing their own story. Maybe that’s just sour grapes or something. Maybe because it doesn’t happen to me, I don’t want to think it happens to anyone else.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Believe, Thinking, Love Is

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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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• All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits. Maidy didn't tell you, but you know what her doctor said? She sprang from the couch and said, "My God, was that an earthquake?" The doctor said this: "Did it feel like an earthquake to you?

  Amy Hempel

  Moving, Doctors, Years

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• If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me.

  Lauren Myracle

  Girl, Atlanta, Asking

  Lauren Myracle (2011). “Ten”, p.93, Penguin

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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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• That’s how you tell what a man’s really made of. It’s one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin’ after a woman when she’s shopping for thongs and push-up bras is a whole other category of man. And then if you want to see how far you can go with it, you ask him to carry one of those little pink bags they give you.

  Janet Evanovich

  Men, Shopping, Giving

  Janet Evanovich (2008). “To the Nines”, p.136, Macmillan

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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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• The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Giving, Crayon

  "Doctor Who / A Christmas Carol". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• Duck, big brother! Here comes another day!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Brother, Ducks, Another Day

  Charles M. Schulz (2014). “Charlie Brown and Friends: A Peanuts Collection”, p.41, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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