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• I don't mean to be ungrateful but if someone's out there answering prayers, mine's not at the top of the list

  Franny Billingsley

  Prayer, Mean, Ungrateful

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.94, A&C Black

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• There were other stories and other names. Second Base Stace, who had breasts in fourth grade and let some of the boys feel them. Vincent, who took acid and tried to flush a sofa down the toilet. Sheila, who allegedly masturbated with a hot dog and had to go to the emergency room. The list went on and on.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Dog, Boys, Names

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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• Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else s list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.

  Richard Bach

  Marriage, Land, Two

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• I was compiling a list in my head titled 'Reasons to Get Up: You Don't Have to Leave, but You Can't Pee Here.

  Sloane Crosley

  Reason, Get Up

  Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.134, Penguin

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• Do you have your own room, Charlie Brown?" "Oh, yes... I have a very nice room." "I hope you realize that you won't always have your own room... Someday you'll get drafted or something, and you'll have to leave your room forever!" "Why do you tell me things like that?" "It's on a list I've made up for you... I call it, Things You Might As Well Know!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Nice, Forever, Might

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• Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.

  Rebecca Stead

  Stars, Book, People

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• How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day is almost ending. It’s October. All those kids recently returned to classrooms with new bags and pencil cases will be looking forward to half term already. How quickly it goes. Halloween soon, then firework night. Christmas. Spring. Easter. Then there’s my birthday in May. I’ll be seventeen. How long can I stave it off? I don’t know. All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living.

  Jenny Downham

  Easter, Halloween, Spring

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• She already had a headache-she didn't want to add 'get tortured' to today's to-do list.

  C.C. Hunter

  Add, Want, Today

  C. C. Hunter (2011). “Born at Midnight”, p.169, St. Martin's Griffin

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• My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.

  Ilona Andrews

  Party, Technique, Noise

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.44, Penguin

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• In the end, I take my shoes off and stick my feet in, letting the lukewarm water lick at my ankles. It feels good, and not just because I’m stoned. I make a mental note to add this to Dulcie’s list of things worth living for. For some reason, I keep seeing her rolling her eyes at me, that big, goofy grin stretching her face like Silly Putty. On my private list, I add her smile. She doesn’t have to know.

  Libba Bray

  Silly, Eye, Shoes

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.249, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• isaac knows how stupid i find these things, and he finds them just as stupid as i do. like lol. now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, it's lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right out of the wall and smash it over the nearest head. i mean, it's not like anyone's laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll, like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think any more. loll. loll!

  David Levithan

  Wall, Rip, Stupid

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• I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though." "That's sensible of you," I say, smiling too. "We should find some paper so you can make a list or a chart or something." I feel his laughter against my side, his nose sliding along my jaw, his lips pressing my ear. "Maybe I'm already sure," he says, "and I just don't want to frighten you." I laugh a little. "Then you should know better." "Fine," he says. "Then I love you.

  Veronica Roth

  Running, Laughter, Love You

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• William untucked the covers and stood, making a mental list of everything he'd need for the coming trip. A few blades, serrated and non serrated. A vial of acid. A bone saw. A spiked paddle. A cat-o'-nine-tails. And a bag of Gummy Bears.

  Gena Showalter

  Cat, Needs, Bags

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• Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust me. If this moment is repeated enough, if you keep trying — and you have to keep trying — eventually you will come across the next item on your list.

  Jonathan Nolan

  Over You, Trying, Matter

  "Memento Mori". Short story by Jonathan Nolan, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Love didn't run on logic. It didn't follow neat lines or a list of priorities.

  Nora Roberts

  Running, Priorities, Lines

  Nora Roberts (2016). “Nora Roberts The Stanislaskis Series Books 1-3: Taming Natasha\Luring a Lady\Falling for Rachel”, p.564, Harlequin

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• Then I turned the page and at the top it said THINGS I MISS ABOUT M and there was a list of 15 things, and the first was THE WAY HE HOLDS THINGS. I did not understand how you can miss the way somebody holds things.

  Nicole Krauss

  Missing, Pages, Way

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.214, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I added to my mental list of the odd things I'd done that day. I'd entertained the police, sunbathed, visited at a mall with some fairies, weeded and killed someone. Now it was powdered-corpse removal time. And the day wasn't over yet.

  Charlaine Harris

  Police, Odd Things, Done

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.96, Penguin

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• Matt looked up kids from his high school class. Only three were listed as dead, but a bunch were listed as missing/presumed dead. As a test, he looked us up, but none of our names were on any of the lists. And that's how we know we're alive this Memorial Day.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Memorial Day, School, Kids

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.59, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All right, everyone. Fess up. Who just shat in their pants? C'mon. Admit it." He raised his hand. I know I did and I'm wolf enough to own it." Jess ignored him. "Are you all right?" he asked Abigail. She was still a little too pale for his tastes. "I think I'm going to own Sasha's question. Definitely put me on your list.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Hands, Littles

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• Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

  Brandon Sanderson

  Noblemen, Holy, Slaughter

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.200, Macmillan

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• You know what Hans told me last week?" she says as I open the door of my fitting room. "He told me to write down a list of everything I wanted to say about that women-and then tear it up. He said I'd feel a sense of freedom." "Oh right," I say interestedly. "So what happened?" "I wrote it all down," says Laurel. "And then I mailed it to her!

  Sophie Kinsella

  Writing, Doors, Tears

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• I'd hate to list our specialties. Wreck cars, eat doughnuts, create mayhem.

  Janet Evanovich

  Hate, Car, Wrecks

  Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg (2016). “Janet Evanovich 3-Book Variety Summer Bundle: The Heist, Wicked Business, Smokin' Seventeen”, p.626, Bantam

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• Transformation Isn't easy when most of the people in your life think you're already perfect, and want you to stay just how they see you. Try to begin a new phase, you'd better expect push-back. Try to create a whole new you, your friend list will shrink considerably.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Thinking, People, Perfect

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Perfect”, p.386, Simon and Schuster

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• I can almost picture the disciples faces. "No, not the drink-my-blood speech! We'll never get on the list of fastest-growing movements if you keep asking them to eat you!

  David Platt

  Encouraging, Blood, Asking

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• Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn't a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Long, Love Of My Life, Arms

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “Silence”, p.345, Simon and Schuster

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