Extras Quotes - Page 8

• Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.

  Daniel Handler

  Money, Children, Eye

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• Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me since I know way too much about my classmates already. So as far as I'm concerned, an extra moment of ignorance really is bliss. But according to the innermost thoughts of Stacia Miller sitting just two rows before me - Damen Auguste is totally smoking hot. Her best friend, Honor, completely agrees. So does Honor's boyfriend, Craig, but that's a whole other story

  Alyson Noel

  Book, Ignorance, Two

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• There you are," he said when she bobbed up. "I was getting worried." "What are you doing?" "Waiting till you're ready to drown." He smiled and eased back down on the seat. "And then I'm going to save your life. Dan did it for Phoebe and I'm going to do it for you." "Dan didn't try to murder her first!" she screamed. "I go the extra mile.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Waiting, Trying, Firsts

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2013). “This Heart Of Mine: Number 5 in series”, p.238, Hachette UK

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• Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Couple, Book, Answers

  Patricia C. Wrede (2010). “Thirteenth Child”, p.129, Scholastic Inc.

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• Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.

  Robertson Davies

  Knowledge, Order, Healthy

  Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

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• It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

  Jay Asher

  School, Needs, Answers

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.17, Penguin

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• There are nearly thirteen million people in the world. None of those people is an extra. They're all the leads of their own stories. They have to be given their due.

  Charlie Kaufman

  People, Stories, World

  Charlie Kaufman (2008). “Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script”, Newmarket Press

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• The analogy I like is this imagine being able to see the world but you are deaf, and then suddenly someone gives you the ability to hear things as well - you get an extra dimension of perception.

  Albert Einstein

  Giving, Perception, World

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• Being fired has some of the advantages of dying without its supreme disadvantages. People say extra-nice things about you, and you get to hear them.

  Howard Zinn

  Nice, People, Dying

  Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle (2008). “A People's History of American Empire: The American Empire Project, A Graphic Adaptation”, p.155, Metropolitan Books

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• It is strongly suspected that a NEWTON or SHAKESPEARE excels other mortals only by a more ample development of the anterior cerebral lobes, by having an extra inch of brain in the right place.

  Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet

  Brain, Development, Newton

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• Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.

  Annie Lennox

  Country, Health, Mean

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• Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial? What do we mean when we say that heaven is in the clouds? From Jesus Christ to Elvis Presley, every culture tells us of high-flying bird men who zoom around the world creating magnificent works of art and choosing willing followers to share in the eternal glory from beyond the stars. Can all these related phenomena merely be dismissed as coincidence?

  Erich von Däniken

  Jesus, Art, Stars

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• I’ve lost someone, too,” he reminded her. “It’s not the same!” She squeezed the bridge of her nose, trying to stifle her tears. “I was so mean to him. I quit the piano! I blamed him for everything, and I didn’t say more than a few words to him for three years! Three years! And I can’t get those years back. But maybe if I hadn’t been so angry, he might not have gotten sick. Maybe I caused that extra… stress that did all this. Maybe it was me!

  Nicholas Sparks

  Stress, Mean, Years

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• Larry had brought me blue jeans, a red polo shirt, jogging socks, my white Nikes, an extra cross from my suitcase, the silver knives, the Firestar complete with inner pants holster, and the Browning and its shoulder holster. He'd forgotten a bra, but hey, except for that it was perfect.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nike, Blue, Knives

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Bloody Bones: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.365, Penguin

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• I preferred my brand of beauty where Norah was more beautiful than any bimbette, and Mom was beautiful whether sized extra-small or extra-large. Where Peony could look at herself in the mirror and murmur, wow, look at me. Just look at me.

  Justina Chen

  Beautiful, Mom, Mirrors

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• When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Leadership, Responsibility, Roles

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.263, Penguin

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• If you have a choice between extra makeup or extra weapons always take the weapons. Just the fact that you're debating between those two choices proves that you're going to need the weapons more.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Makeup, Two, Choices

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• One more thing. I sold the mustang. Too conspicuous. Don't get too excited, but I bought you a little something with the extra cash. I heard you've had your eye on a Volkswagen. The owner is dropping it by tomorrow. I paid for a full tank of gas, so make sure she delivers.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Tanks, Cash

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.535, Simon and Schuster

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• I wish," I said. "I could save orgasms in a jar for when I need them, because I think I have a few extra.

  Charlaine Harris

  Thinking, Wish, Needs

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• Illium grinned, unrepentant. “Want to try again? I’ll move extra slow — you are both so much older, after all.” The last words were a conspiratorial whisper. Galen glanced at Raphael. “How has he survived this long?” “No one can catch him.

  Nalini Singh

  Moving, Long, Trying

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Angels' Flight: A Guild Hunter Collection”, p.216, Penguin

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• I was just thinking – today is the first and last day of forever. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around it. Even with all this extra room for wrapping.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Thinking, Forever, Today

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• Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Pockets, Said, Cleavage

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “The Darkest Powers Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning”, p.108, Penguin

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• Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.

  Cate Tiernan

  Phrases, Use, Body

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• I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

  Larry McMurtry

  Mistake, Practice, Dry

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.633, Simon and Schuster

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• Pity you can't attach an extra arm to your [broom], Malfoy. Then it could catch the Snitch for you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Arms, Snitch, Pity

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