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• I’ve met nearly every woman in this room, and I can’t think of one who would make a better friend. I’d be glad to have you stay." My relief was inexpressible. "Do you think," Maxon asked, "That I could still call you ‘my dear’?" "Not a chance." I whispered.

  Kiera Cass

  Thinking, Relief, Rooms

  Kiera Cass (2015). “The Selection Series 4-Book Collection: The Selection, The Elite, The One, The Heir”, p.59, HarperCollins

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• My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.

  Charles Dickens

  Crime, Victim, Young

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Oliver Twist”, p.116

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• Do you think, that I could still call you 'my dear'?

  Kiera Cass

  Thinking, Stills

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• Let me give you a word of advice. A loyalty that holds fast will become a blade, and will some day pierce those you hold dear. Open both eyes wide. That is, if you… don’t want to end up like me.

  Jun Mochizuki

  Loyalty, Eye, Giving

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• I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Made, Universe

  Brandon Sanderson (2009). “Warbreaker”, p.147, Macmillan

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• My dear boy, please don’t put a label on me—don’t make me a category before you get to know me!

  John Irving

  Boys, Labels, Categories

  John Irving (2012). “In One Person: A Novel”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Art, What If, Guessing

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• Dear Anna, we will live in a home with no walls, so that everywhere we go will be our home.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Wall, Home, Anna

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.209, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows Follow sweet children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and the Sorrows Weep not poor childlen for life is this way murdering beauty and Passions Hush now dear children it must be this way to weary of life and Deceptions Rest now my children for soon we'll away into the calm and the Quiet Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Sweet, Children, Pain

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• He wouldn't write a letter because he couldn't without beginning it 'Dear Sylvia' and ending it 'Yours sincerely' or 'truly' or 'affectionately.' He's that sort of precise imbecile. I tell you he's so formal he can't do without all the conventions there are and so truthful he can't use half of them.

  Ford Madox Ford

  Writing, Use, Half

  Ford Madox Ford (2012). “Parade's End”, p.34, Vintage

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• Don't dwell on what may be. Apply yourself to the task at hand. The Hags of Fate may predict the future, but there is always free will, and that is your saving grace, my dear.

  Yasmine Galenorn

  Fate, Hands, Grace

  Yasmine Galenorn (2006). “Witchling: An Otherworld Novel”, p.274, Penguin

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• With his eyes and those hands there won't be a woman safe in all the world when he starts hunting after the ladies.' 'Courting, dear,' my father corrected gently. 'Semantics,' she shrugged.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Father, Eye, Hunting

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.79, Hachette UK

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• No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay it on your hot cheek, Let it hide your tear. Hold it like a crystal When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.

  Sara Teasdale

  Blessed, Heart, Precious Stones

  Sara Teasdale (1933). “Strange victory: by Sara Teasdale”

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• Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.

  William Shakespeare

  Hate, Love Is, Sin

  William Shakespeare (1804). “Poems by William Shakespeare”, p.226

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• It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.

  Sheila Heti

  Long, Important, Want

  Sheila Heti (2012). “How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life”, p.56, Macmillan

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• My dear October, we are bound by an enchanted rose made from the hair of a Duchess, and my blood is covering your hand. You can learn anything you wish to know about me merely by licking you fingers." Tybalt laughed a little. "Yes, you may ask me a question.

  Mira Grant

  Hair, Blood, Hands

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• I want you to know, my dear friend, that without you, I would not be the person I am today." He leaned in close and whispered, "I was a broken boy, and you fixed me. Thank you.

  Eoin Colfer

  Boys, Broken, Want

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• Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them to love me. I already love them. Please see what you can do. Thanks very much. Love, Nudge." Okay, so I'm not saying we were pros at this or anything. (Max thoughts)

  James Patterson

  Real, Parent, Nudge

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• Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn't agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. "She said 'Oh dear, is this the muggle born?' and then, 'Bad posture, skinny ankles.'" Don't take it personally, she's rude to everyone," said Ron. "Talking about Muriel?" inquired George, reemerging from the marquee with Fred. "Yeah, she's just told me my ears are lopsided. Old bat.

  J. K. Rowling

  Aunt, Talking, Giving

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• The stupid vamp just asked me to marry him. Here, now? As if looking like I just died is how I wanted to be proposed to." Joy did a lap around Kylie's heart. "And you said?" Holiday took a sip of water. "I asked him if we couldn't just live together in sin." "And?" "He told me it wouldn't be a good example to our students. So...I agreed to marry him." She pushed a hand against her forehead. "Dear God, what am I getting myself into?

  C.C. Hunter

  Stupid, Heart, Holiday

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• There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.

  Gail Carriger

  Doe, Polite, Company

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• My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.

  Golda Meir

  Airplane, Flying, Age

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• I’m a monster,” said the shadow of the Marquess suddenly. “Everyone says so.” The Minotaur glanced up at her. “So are we all, dear,” said the Minotaur kindly. “The thing to decide is what kind of monster to be. The kind who builds towns or the kind who breaks them.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Shadow, Monsters, Towns

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.527, Macmillan

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• The Church's stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there is little wonder that it causes unease. I wish various fathers would quit trying to defend it by saying that the world can support 40 billion. I will rejoice the day when they say: This is right whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Spiritual, Children, Father

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• It's so large" "It's the world dear, did you think it'd be small?" "smaller

  C. S. Lewis

  Thinking, World

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