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• That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion in it. Let's hear it for Diddy Kong! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" He mimicked the sound of a gorilla as he held on for dear life.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Boys, Champion, Sound

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• I wish to you sunshine, my dear one, my dear one. And treetops for you to soar past. I wish to you innocence, my child, my child. I pray you don't grow up too fast. Never know pain, my dear one, my dear one. Nor hunger nor fear nor sorrow. Never know war, my child, my child. Remember your hope for tomorrow.

  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

  Children, Growing Up, Pain

  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (2010). “The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows”, p.11, Delacorte Press

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• I wore it, this careless thing you don't even remember giving to me from your bag. It wasn't a gift, this thing I'm returning. It was barely a gesture, almost forgotten already, this thing I wore like it was dear to me. And it was. No wonder we broke up.

  Daniel Handler

  Giving, Bags, Gestures

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.179, Egmont UK

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• Never say never, dear. You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate

  Ellen Hopkins

  Might, Never Say Never, Should

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• My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,” said Dustfinger at last.

  Cornelia Funke

  Lasts, Stories, Said

  Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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• You and I By Henry Alford My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear; My ear is tired waiting for your call. I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer; Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all. I droop without your full, frank sympathy; We ought to be together—you and I; We want each other so, to comprehend The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought. Companion, comforter and guide and friend, As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought. Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, We ought to be together, you and I.

  Langston Hughes

  Dream, Lonely, Cheer

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• So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned. - Sherlock Holmes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Two, Old Friends, Wish

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.806, Delphi Classics

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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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• Under your shoulders. Dear young people of the entire world, weigh the responsibility to transform tomorrow's world into a society where peace, harmony, and fraternity reign.

  Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

  Change, Peace, Responsibility

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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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• There is a time for all things - except marriage, my dear.

  Thomas Chatterton

  Love, Marriage, Dear God

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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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• You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.

  Daisy Ashford

  Color, Looks, Faces

  Young Visiters (1919) ch. 2

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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 man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Integrity, Men, Cost

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.27

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• The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There's more of a chance then that they'll survive.

  Dmitri Shostakovich

  Philosophical, Attention, Pay

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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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