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• Why don’t you lift the end?” said Alf. “It’s me back, Alf,” complained Mack. “You know how it troubles me.” “No more than mine troubles me,” said Alf. “But I said it first,” said Mack.

  Dave Barry

  Firsts, Trouble, Mack

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• That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter.

  Dave Barry

  Black, Ships, Peter

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• But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees and wild plants and grasses had sprung up under the protection of the trees we had placed there. The trees had multiplied! They were moving. In one small corner of the world, Grandfather's dream was coming true and the trees were moving again.

  Ruskin Bond

  Dream, Moving, Sprung Up

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• I am so afraid of people's words.They describe so distinctly everything: And this they call dog and that they call house, here the start and there the end. I worry about their mockery with words, they know everything, what will be, what was; no mountain is still miraculous; and their house and yard lead right up to God. I want to warn and object: Let the things be! I enjoy listening to the sound they are making. But you always touch: and they hush and stand still. That's how you kill.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Dog, People, Worry

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2005). “Pictures of God: Rilke's Religious Poetry Including "The Life of the Virgin Mary"”, Annmarie s Kidder

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• It is also true that his hair had a reddish tinge and, as everybody knows, no one with red hair can ever truly be said to be handsome.

  Susanna Clarke

  Hair, Handsome, Red

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.243, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Blue does not go with everything," Will told her. "It does not go with red, for instance." "I have a red and blue striped waistcoat," Henry interjected, reaching for the peas. "And if that isn't proof that those two colors should never be seen together under Heaven, I don't know what is.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blue, Color, Two

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• I know there are monsters on this earth,' said Tessa. 'You cannot tell me otherwise. I have seen them.

  Cassandra Clare

  Monsters, Earth, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes you know that no one can replace the person you love, and your heart will never be the same.

  Cheyenne McCray

  Heart, Sometimes, Persons

  Cheyenne McCray (2008). “Moving Target”, p.319, Macmillan

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• Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Summer, Flower, Thinking

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “THE TALES OF AVONLEA - Complete Collection: 16 Novels & 27 Short Stories (Including Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Prince Edward Island, The Story Girl & Emily Starr Trilogy)”, p.133, e-artnow

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• The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Prayer, Self, Way

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.23, Convergent Books

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• You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besides—” He captured her hand and stopped her from walking on, holding her in place. “Besides what, you insufferable prude?” “Prude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?” “Don’t you dare.” “Then don’t call me names.” “You started it.

  Gaelen Foley

  Kissing, Hands, Names

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• Morse stared morosely at the blotting paper. "It's just not my sort of case, Lewis. I know it's not a very nice thing to say, but I just get on better when we've got a body - a body that died from unnatural causes. That's all I ask. And we haven't got a body.

  Colin Dexter

  Nice, Paper, Body

  Colin Dexter (2013). “Inspector Morse: The first three novels”, p.356, Pan Macmillan

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• This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of desire. Do you hear me? It shold be perfect for you. It should be lasting. Wait. wait for 100 percent.

  Deb Caletti

  Space, Perfect, Waiting

  Deb Caletti (2009). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. 'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak. 'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? 'I never know what you are thinking. Think.

  T. S. Eliot

  Night, Thinking, Nerves

  T.S. Eliot (2011). “The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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• Wait." "So what am I supposed to do now?" "You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey." (222-223)

  Gene Luen Yang

  Rocks, Years, Waiting

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• A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

  Brandon Sanderson

  Darkness, Persons

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• Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to wait for reinforcements. I can do it myself.' How'd that work out for you again?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Suicide, Work Out, Waiting

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “No Mercy”, p.327, Macmillan

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• I want to put on the table, not why 85% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences reject God, I want to know why 15% of the National Academy don’t.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Atheist, Science, Atheism

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• Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.

  Rachel Caine

  Long, Lovely, Way

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Glass Houses”, p.199, Allison & Busby

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• They don't know it, but they are doing it.

  Karl Marx

  Clean Air

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• You wrong yourself and me by assuming my interest in you is purely physical,” he went on. “I told you I am eager to further our acquaintance. I want to know what you think about things. What you want out of life. What you dream. -Lucien to Alice

  Gaelen Foley

  Dream, Thinking, Want

  Gaelen Foley (2002). “Lord of Fire”, p.102, Ballantine Books

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• Alice?” She spun toward the door, her skirts whirling softly. “Yes?” she forced out. “Do you know what I am holding in my hand?” “No.” “Care to guess?” “A pitchfork?” she asked in a stilted attempt at levity, hoping to invoke his earlier, playful mood. “No, my dear,” he answered drily. “A key to your room.” “What?”she breathed, aghast. “I should hate to have to use it.” “You have a key to this room?” “Mm-hmm.” She took a step toward the door, panic rising up in her throat. “You’re bluffing!” “Do you wish me to prove it?

  Gaelen Foley

  Hate, Rising Up, Keys

  Gaelen Foley (2002). “Lord of Fire”, p.103, Ballantine Books

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• The peculiar striations that define someone's personality are too numerous to know, no matter how close the observer. A person we think we know can suddenly become someone else when previously hidden strands of his character are called to the fore by circumstance.

  Elliot Perlman

  Character, Thinking, Personality

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• I bring you a message from a friend of ours," she said quietly. "He wanted you to know that he's not dead. He can't be killed." "He is hope." The she raised the spear and rammed it directly into the Lord Ruler's heart.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Heart, Messages, Lord

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• A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage - what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird.

  Lady Gaga

  Girl, Sexy, Thinking

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