Mates Quotes - Page 13

• If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

  P. C. Cast

  Children, Kingdoms, My Own

  P.C. Cast (2009). “Elphame's Choice”, p.36, Harlequin

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• A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The kid works for CHERUB CHERUB agents are aged between 10 and 17. They live in the real world, slipping under adult radar and getting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.

  Robert Muchamore

  Running, Children, Real

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• you'd do anything to get a soul mate back, right?… I mean, that's the nature of soul mates.

  Emily Giffin

  Mean, Soul, Soul Mate

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.244, Macmillan

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• Does this have anything to do with the unit we’re studying? Because I can’t find anything about desired characteristics of a mate anywhere in our text.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Doe, Study, Because I Can

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever watched a male lobster rise up on the tips of his legs and snap his claws, demanding female attention? Attraction is the first element of all animal reproduction, humans included

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Animal, Goal, Female

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Since the dawn of time, women have been attracted to mates with strong survival skills—like intelligence and physical prowess— because men with these qualities are more likely to bring home dinner at the end of the day.” He stuck his thumbs in the air and grinned. “Dinner equals survival, team

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Strong, Team, Home

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy bed, resting and relaxing, spending the rest of your life sipping tea and reading papers while people bring you food and maids rub your toes and stuff. Waxilliam: And? Wayne: And I just couldn't leave you to a fate like that...I'm too good a friend to let a mate of mine die in such a terrible situation. Waxilliam: Comfortable? Wayne: No. Boring.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Reading, Fate, People

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• Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate

  Matsuo Basho

  Butterfly, Air, White

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• What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

  Max Lucado

  Sports, Car, Soul

  Max Lucado, Wayne Shepherd (2007). “3:16: The Numbers of Hope”, p.117, Harper Collins

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• People think I built the Pack, because I'm the guy who has the welfare of all shapeshifters in mind. They're wrong. Everything I built, I did so that when I mate and have children, nobody can touch my family. (...) I built all this so I can protect you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Children, Thinking, People

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• Nice to meet you, mate, and here's some advice: Don't even think about it. You try anything with her and I'll neuter you with my bare hands.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Nice, Thinking, Hands

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.207, Hachette UK

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• His mind’s always on something else. He’d live in a ratty cardigan, and he’s always worrying holes in the pockets of his pants. He can never seem to find his wallet or anything in the refrigerator. And just when you think he’s not paying any attention to what you’re saying or doing, he comes up with exactly the right answer or solution.”", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death"“People""who expect perfection in a mate miss a lot of fun—and sweetness.", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death]

  Nora Roberts

  Fun, Thinking, People

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• We were not finished yet, not even close. I could still smell her. I remembered what she felt like. What she tasted like. This wasn’t a casual sexual thing. This was a mating. I would have Kate as my mate. Whatever it took, no matter how long, she would be with me.

  Ilona Andrews

  Smell, Long, Would Be

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• I'm not threatening to kill myself. But you need to know this about me because—if you want to be my mate—I won't be like Leo. I won't let you sleep around with anyone else. I won't be forced either. I've had enough. If that makes me a dog in the manger, so be it. But if I am yours, then you damned well are going to be mine." - Anna to Charles

  Patricia Briggs

  Dog, Sleep, Needs

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• What would I have done if my coya had been captured or killed? My mate, Sharone. The other half of everything I am. What would I have done?

  Lora Leigh

  Done, Half, Captured

  Lora Leigh (2009). “Coyote's Mate”, p.78, Penguin

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• If it's your wish, I will follow you everywhere even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies pile up endlessly, above the bottomless pile of corpses. Beside you as you lie softly down I will be until I hear the word "Check mate!"- Sebastian

  Yana Toboso

  Lying, Wish, Thrones

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• You are too arrogant for your own good. I officially de-mate you. Go away. I never want to see you again. Except maybe tonight. Naked. Your place. But after that, no more.

  Katie MacAlister

  Going Away, Naked, Tonight

  Katie Macalister (2004). “You Slay Me”, p.218, Penguin

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• What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already sent her home because I was relying on some sort of spark I didn't feel? What if she's waiting to leave me at the first sign of adversity? What if I don't find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?

  Kiera Cass

  Soulmate, Home, Good Luck

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• In fact, the males very rarely take permanent mates.' His skin was so tan. 'Why not?' 'Because we tend to kill the females.' Ah, well, okay. That wasn't cool.

  Larissa Ione

  Skins, Males, Female

  Larissa Ione (2010). “Sin Undone”, p.78, Hachette UK

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• I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Believe, Unique, Soul

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.26, Macmillan

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• Where you are born--what you are born into, the place, the history of the place, how that history mates with your own-- stamps who you are, whatever the pundits of globalisation have to say.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Born, Pundits, Stamps

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• It’s all a bit of a gamble, mate. That’s all I can promise you. And we never get to see what that other life would have looked like if we don’t take chances.

  Melina Marchetta

  Promise, Chance, Gamble

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• She’s my mate; that makes her mine. Forgetting that will see your neck no longer serving its purpose.” “I love it when you talk dirty,” she purred. “Give my regards to Lindsay.

  Sylvia Day

  Dirty, Giving, Purpose

  Sylvia Day (2012). “A Hunger So Wild: A Renegade Angels Novel”, p.41, Penguin

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• Raphael turned me over and looked at me, his face close to mine. "You and I will never be done.You're my mate." He kissed the corner of my mouth. I almost cried. "I stopped sleeping since you left," he said "I'll sleep for a couple of hours, wake up, you're not there." I closed my eyes. "I need an answer, Andrea," he said. "An answer?" "Mate. Yes or no." "Do you need to ask?" I whispered. "You're my mate.

  Ilona Andrews

  Couple, Sleep, Eye

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• Either way, we'll ride out together. That's how it is with soul mates. Thats just what they do.

  Alyson Noel

  Soul, Together, Way

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