Made It Quotes - Page 12

• Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, “I don’t think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point.” “What’s a singed head for the sake of art?” I teased. He laughed.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Art, Past, Thinking

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.315, MIRA

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• I wished to punish her for her intolerable stoicism, which made it impossible for me to ever be truly needed by her in the most profound ways a person can need another, a need that often goes by the name of love.

  Nicole Krauss

  Names, Profound, Needs

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• My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

  Elie Wiesel

  Eye, People, Promise

  Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Animal, Numbers, Bird

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• I'd made it back to the land of the living. No matter how boring or mediocre a world it might be, this was it.

  Haruki Murakami

  Land, World, Might

  "A Wild Sheep Chase". Book by Haruki Murakami, 2002.

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• Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. It's what made it possible for me to go on, but you don't seem to realize that. Even when love is right there in front of you, you choose to turn away from it. You're alone because you want to be.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love You, Love Is, Loving Someone

  "The Rescue". Book by Nicholas Sparks, 2000.

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• You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, but men. The Machine is much, but not everything.

  E. M. Forster

  Believe, Men, Unhappy

  E. M. Forster (2015). “The Machine Stops”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• But she wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe the evil history made it necessary to build beautiful things, to mask the darker aspects.

  Rick Riordan

  Beautiful, Evil, Way

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• You said your cousin was a necromancer. You know how the natural necromancers operate?" They twisted the head off your favorite doll, stuffed a dead bird into it, and made it walk around. And then they were puzzled why you got upset.

  Ilona Andrews

  Cousin, Bird, Upset

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Bayou Moon”, p.82, NYLA

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• Despite what I said about staying the way we were, I changed. I, who have always believed in speaking my mind and made it my mission to uncover the truth, have found myself keeping secrets. Sometimes life is more complicated than the simple rules we make for it.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Simple, Speaking My Mind, Keeping Secrets

  Elizabeth Chandler (2011). “Dark Secrets 1: Legacy of Lies and Don't Tell”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we were in Charleston, so those eagles didn't get him. Unfortunately, he lost the laundry bag with your pants." "Dang it!" Frank Barked, which Leo figured was probably severe profanity for him. No doubt Frank would've cursed some more -busting out the golly gees and the gosh darns- but Percy interrupted by doubling over and groaning. "Did the world just turn upside down?" he asked. Jason pressed his hands to his head. "Yeah, and it's spinning. Everything is yellow. Is it supposed to be yellow?

  Rick Riordan

  Eagles, Hands, Busting Out

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• Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.

  Walter E. Williams

  Men, People, Fellow Man

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• That’s what made it so frightening to the lawmakers: Love obeys no laws other than its own.

  Lauren Oliver

  Law, Made, Frightening

  Lauren Oliver (2012). “Annabel: A Delirium Short Story”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• It was written in some holy book, apparently, so that made it okay, and probably compulsory.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Holy, Made

  "Thud!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2005.

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• I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I made it change.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Two, Made, Two Things

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• It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.

  Kami Garcia

  Promise, Might, Able

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• I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Philosophy, Humanity, Made

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.

  Anne Bishop

  Promise, Quitting, Eating

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• He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.

  Patrick Süskind

  Principles, Scent, Made

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• Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

  Jeffrey Archer

  Archer, Littles, Easier

  Jeffrey Archer (2008). “Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Heart, Acting, Together

  Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Forever of Ella and Micha”, p.138, Hachette UK

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• Holiday's eyes pooled with tears. And that pretty much made it a cry fest. Even Della joined in the tear party. Right then, Burnett walked in the office. His gaze went from one female to the other. Kylie could almost hear him groaning inwardly. "I...I'll be...right out there." Obviously even a hard-bodied vampire trained by the FRU wasn't capable of dealing with four crying women.

  C.C. Hunter

  Party, Holiday, Eye

  C. C. Hunter (2011). “Awake at Dawn”, p.181, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I search my brain for the truth. “I want it more than anything, just as long as you promise me one thing.” “And what’s that?” “That if at any time it gets to be too much for you, you’ll leave me—walk away and get out.” “That will never happen,” he guarantees me. “You need to give me some credit. You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Heart, Long, Giving

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• To this day, she’s still sad. Because there’s not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. I’m just saying that I took the pain that was inside of her at that moment and made it my own. And it didn’t hurt me at all.

  Tom Perrotta

  Hurt, Pain, Mind

  "The Leftovers". Book by Tom Perrotta, August 30, 2011.

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• Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

  Jared Leto

  Nice, Mean, Upset

  FaceBook post by Jared Leto from Jul 26, 2013

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