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• I can’t help feeling a little bit competitive and a little bit disappointed in myself that I’m already so far behind. After all, Yulikova thinks Barron has a real future with the Bureau. She told me so. I told her that sociopaths are relentlessly charming. I think she figured I was joking.

  Holly Black

  Real, Thinking, Feelings

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• ... even though it was beautiful and comfortable, and even though it was the world, it was also a little bit boring. No, wait. Maybe boring isn’t the right word. What’s the word I’m wanting here? Lonely. That’s it. It was a little bit lonely.

  Catherine Ryan Hyde

  Beautiful, Lonely, Waiting

  Catherine Ryan Hyde (2010). “Second Hand Heart”, p.172, Random House

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• I know this isn’t a conventional love story. I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t even be saying what I am. But I love you. I do. I knew it when I left Patrick. And I think you might even love me a little bit.

  Jojo Moyes

  Love You, Thinking, Stories

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• It's like whoever sits up ther in Heaven had this big bag of really crappy stuff, and once or twice a day she or he reaches in and sprinkles a little bit of it over the world and it makes everything go crazy, like fairy dust that's past its expiration date.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Crazy, Past, Dust

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• I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she siad. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’ ‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.

  David Nicholls

  Mean, Differences, Important

  "One Day". Book by David Nicholls, www.abc.net.au. June 11, 2009.

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• You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've had enough.' Ford was running after him. Very very fast. 'And then I will do it again!' yelled Arthur, 'And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them!

  Douglas Adams

  Running, Littles, Barbarians

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• So when will be the time to get on the train? I think.....a little bit almost quite very soon and not long.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Thinking, Long, Littles

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.93, Macmillan

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• I'm just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think.

  Eminem

  Thinking, Average, Littles

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• We’re going to die and not even know. We’ll never know, and all this meaninglessness will just go on and on and on. And we won’t any longer be witnesses to it. We won’t have even that little bit of power to give meaning to it in our minds. We’ll just be gone, dead, dead, dead, without ever knowing!

  Anne Rice

  Knowing, Giving, Mind

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.865, Ballantine Books

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• You need a little bit of the crazy to keep things fun.

  Caprice Crane

  Fun, Crazy, Needs

  Caprice Crane (2011). “With a Little Luck: A Novel”, p.285, Bantam

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• Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Horse, Needs, Littles

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• Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less

  Jodi Picoult

  Keys, Littles, Sometimes

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• And the very important fact that I'm here to worry with you and go through all of this - every little bit of it - by your side, even your worst-case-scenario, should it somehow come to that. You wouldn't be doing any of it alone.' Her voice drops and she looks down at our hands, fingers entwined, resting on her lap. 'Whatever happens, there will always be us.

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Hands, Your Side, Worst Case Scenario

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• You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

  Karin Slaughter

  Looks, Littles, Realizing

  Karin Slaughter (2014). “The Will Trent Series 7-Book Bundle: Triptych, Fractured, Undone, Broken, Fallen, Criminal, Unseen”, p.652, Bantam

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• I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Mean, Rays, Demand

  Fernando Pessoa (2007). “The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa”, p.321, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• the impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions these mad dogs of glory moving this little bit of light toward us impossibly.

  Charles Bukowski

  Dog, Moving, Light

  Charles Bukowski (2009). “You Get So Alone at Times”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else.

  Haruki Murakami

  Cute, Girl, Father

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• Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier.

  Jay Asher

  Littles, Bits, Ifs

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.115, Penguin

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• While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

  Karl Popper

  Ignorance, Littles, Infinite

  Karl Popper (2014). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.38, Routledge

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• -You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have to... -To lay her cards out on the table.

  Tennessee Williams

  Simple, Thinking, Sides

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• Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Children, Men, Age

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.416, Macmillan

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• I resolved to move just a little bit more slowly through the world, to look around myself with greater care, and to try to remain conscious of all that was going on around me at all times.

  Anne Rice

  Moving, Trying, Looks

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Mayfair Witches Series 3-Book Bundle: Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos”, p.765, Ballantine Books

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• It’s never simple.” Avery slid an arm around Hope’s waist. “It shouldn’t be. Because being with someone should matter enough to be at least a little bit complicated.

  Nora Roberts

  Simple, Arms, Littles

  Nora Roberts (2012). “The Perfect Hope: Number 3 in series”, p.102, Hachette UK

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• It was September, and there was a crackly feeling to the air. I was saying something that was making her laugh, and I couldn't stop looking at her. It was a little bit chilly, and her cheeks were pink, and her dark hair was flowing around her face. All I wanted for the rest of my life was to keep making her laugh like that. Sometimes our arms brushed against each other as we walked, and it was like I could feel the touch for minutes after it happened.

  Carolyn Parkhurst

  Dark, Hair, Laughing

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• I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow so it could get back to its travels, with a little bit of me added to it.

  Katherine Hannigan

  Eye, Valleys, Littles

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