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• I was amazed as people must be who are seized and kidnapped, and who realize that in the strange world of their captors they have a value absolutely unconnected with anything they know about themselves.

  Alice Munro

  People, World, Strange

  Alice Munro (2015). “Lives of Girls and Women”, p.37, Random House

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• If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but until it is needed you must never let it emerge into your consciousness in any shape that can be given a name.

  George Orwell

  Names, Secret, Shapes

  George Orwell (2014). “1984”, p.212, Arcturus Publishing

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• One of those flash epiphanies of travel, the realization that worlds you'd love vibrantly exist outside your ignorance of them. The vitality of many lives you know nothing about. I could live in this town, so how is it that I've never been here before today?

  Frances Mayes

  Ignorance, Blue, Giving

  "Frances Mayes travels the globe (sort of), not forgetting about Italy" by Jeanne Cooper, www.sfgate.com. April 20, 2006.

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• I know magicians and I know magic and I say this: all magicians lie and this one more than most.

  Susanna Clarke

  Lying, Magic, Magician

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.234, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Some people never find the right kind of love. You know, the kind that steals your breath away, like diving into snowmelt. The kind that jolts your heart, sets it beating apace, an anxious hiccuping of hummingbird wings

  Ellen Hopkins

  Love You, Heart, Wings

  Ellen Hopkins (2009). “Tricks”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Mean, Joy

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• I don't know. When I was born there was a nurse taking care of me." "What's the matter? Couldn't the nurse take care of herself?" "Sure she could. I just found that out too late.

  Groucho Marx

  Nurse, Too Late, Care

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• I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying.

  Holly Black

  Memories, Climbing, Dying

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beauty, Important, Engagement

  Oscar Wilde (1994). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.30, Heinemann

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• I know i'll screw up. But i'll keep trying, as long as you let me.

  Lisa McMann

  Long, Trying, Screw Ups

  Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still smolders inside me. Most days, I don’t notice it, but, out of the blue, it’ll flare to life.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Grief, Grieving, Blue

  Maria V. Snyder (2013). “Storm Glass”, p.168, Harlequin

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• Don't give me that look. I'm not trying to find out who you are. I don't care who you are. I just want to know why it is you are the way you are.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Giving, Trying, Looks

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.491, Scholastic Inc.

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• He’s playing every bit as hard as I am, only he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. Don’t blame me because he’s a better manipulator than I am — I haven’t been around long enough to learn all his tricks.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Long, Blame, Enough

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• It's a mistake, you know. You have no idea what you'll be exposed to...the obscenities and lewd comments, the lecherous gazes, the groping and pinching...and that's just my house. Imagine what it would be like here.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Mistake, Ideas, House

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• I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

  Daniel Keyes

  Feels, Wanted

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• The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them. They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Space, Unseen, Serene

  H. P. Lovecraft (2013). “The Classic Horror Stories”, p.111, OUP Oxford

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• But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

  Sarah Dessen

  Hiding, Unfriendly, Picks

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.106, Penguin

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• After all this time, I know exactly where I belong.

  Meg Rosoff

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• Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

  David Foster Wallace

  Life, Differences, People

  David Foster Wallace (2012). “Consider The Lobster: Essays and Arguments”, p.103, Hachette UK

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• Your mother sounds like a formidable woman," Valek said into the silence. "You have no idea," Leif replied with a sigh. "Well, if she's anything like Yelena, my deepest sympathies," Valek teased. "Hey!" Leif laughed and the tense moment dissipated. Valek handed Leif his machete. "Do you know how to use it?" "Of course. I chopped Yelena's bow into firewood," Leif joked.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mother, Ideas, Silence

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, MIRA

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• ...it is not possible to create the opposite of what one has always known, simply because the opposite is believed to be desired. Human beings need what they already know, even horrors.

  A. S. Byatt

  Opposites, Needs, Horror

  FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Sep 24, 2016

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• I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  Inspirational, Retirement, Soldier

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• And the Clave wants to meet Clarissa. You know that, Jace." "The Clave can screw itself." "Jace," Maryse said, sounding genuinely parental for a change. "Language." "The Clave wants a lot of things," Jace amended. "It shouldn't necessarily get them all.

  Cassandra Clare

  Want, Language, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.888, Simon and Schuster

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• Actually," Clary said, "I think he stayed because of me." Jace's glaze flicked up to hers with a flash of gold. "Because of you? Hoping for another hot date, was he?" Clary felt herself flush. "No. And our date wasn't hot. In fact, it wasn't even a date. Anyway, that's not the point. When he came into the Hall, he kept trying to get me to go outside with him so we could talk. He wanted something from me. I just don't know what." "Or maybe he just wanted you," Jace said. Seeing Clary's expression, he added, "Not that way. I mean maybe he wanted to bring you to Valentine.

  Cassandra Clare

  Valentine, Mean, Thinking

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• I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in.

  Jodi Picoult

  Believe, Like You, Feels

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

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