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• Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Stars, Children, Thinking

  2001: A Space Odyssey ch. 47 (1968)

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• Next to her, I felt like Carrot Top in drag. Cat re: Annette

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Carrots, Drag

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• I saw the best minds of my generation who threw their watches off the roof to cast their ballot for Eternity outside of Time, & alarm clocks fell on their heads every day for the next decade.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Mind, Alarms, Watches

  Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”

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• This book is so interesting. I always wonder what's going to happen next.

  Neal Shusterman

  Book, Interesting, Wonder

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• This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you're on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable...Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, you're entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. . . Next stop The Twilight Zone.

  Rod Serling

  Twilight, Reality, Land

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• The Oracle rose. As one, the three witches bowed. "See?" Bran jerked his thumb at the three women. "That's how a woman should treat a man. Next time you see me, I want you to do just like them.

  Ilona Andrews

  Men, Rose, Three

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.204, Penguin

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• From childhood I had never believed in permanence, and yet I had longed for it. Always I was afraid of losing happiness. This month, next year...death was the only absolute value in my world. Lose life and one would lose nothing again forever.

  Graham Greene

  Years, Childhood, Forever

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• Each of us must live off the fruit of his thoughts in the future, because what you think today and tomorrow, next month and next year, you will mold your life and determine your future. You are guided by your mind.

  Earl Nightingale

  Thinking, Years, Mind

  Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale (2012). “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds”, p.18, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don't give way to the seven, you're patient, then you'll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity.

  James Clavell

  Karma, Strong, Hate

  JAMES CLAVELL (1975). “SHOGUN”

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• Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the one thing that struck me most about life is the capacity for change. One day you're a person and the next day they tell you you're a dog. At first it's hard to bear, but after a while you learn not to look at it as a loss. There's even a moment when it becomes exhilarating to realize just how little needs to stay the same for you to continue the effort they call, for lack of a better word, being human.

  Nicole Krauss

  Dog, Loss, Next Day

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.236, W. W. Norton & Company

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• My God, Jack - with a look like that, you two should just get a room. And try not to pick the one with a dead body next to it this time.

  Julie James

  Two, Trying, Looks

  Julie James (2010). “Something About You”, p.217, Penguin

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• Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible... There are moments of fear and doubt that can deflate it.

  Jerome Groopman

  Doubt, Moments, Chain Reactions

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• Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fighting, Warrior, Skills

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• I've hurt you terribly my love, and I'll hunt you again during the next fifty years. And you are going to hurt me, Ian-never I hope as much as you are hurting me now. But if that's the way it has to be, then I'll endure it, because the only alternative is to live without you, and that is no life at all. And the difference is that I know it, and you don't... not yet.

  Judith McNaught

  Hurt, Years, Differences

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• And stop doing that,” he said. “Backing away, giving me that look.” Like you’re scaring me? Maybe you are.” He stepped back so fast he wobbled and caught himself, and the look on his face—It vanished in a second, the scowl returning. I’d never hurt you, Chloe. You should know—” He stopped. Paused. Then wheeled and started walking away. “Next time? Handle it yourself. I’m done taking care of you.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Hurt, Walking Away, Giving

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• It was only the other night everything was fine and the next thing I know Im drowning. How many times can a man go down and still be alive? I can't breathe

  Ray Bradbury

  Night, Men, Alive

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.63, Hamilton Books

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• My gosh, if you’re going away, we got a million things to talk about! All the things we would’ve talked about next month, the month after! Praying mantises, zeppelins, acrobats, sword swallowers!

  Ray Bradbury

  Going Away, Months, Zeppelins

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• He wants to put his story next to hers.

  Toni Morrison

  Stories, Want, Beloved

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• There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.

  Etgar Keret

  Wall, Sleep, Two

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• So here’s where they put you. I didn’t think they even used these cells anymore.” He glanced sideways. “I got the wrong window at first. Gave your friend in the next cell something of a shock. Attractive fellow, what with the beard and the rags. Kind of reminds me of the street folk back home.

  Cassandra Clare

  Home, Thinking, Cells

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• What I envy most about you and everyone else heading back to school is the certainty of it all. You’ve got a prescribed set of requirements to guide you through the next few years. Focus your energy on the completion of those assignments and you’ll succeed. Guaranteed. Where’s my syllabus to guide me through life?

  Megan McCafferty

  School, Years, Envy

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• What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb. "Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what happens next? Where do we go? Is it what we imagined?" That's big. "Yes. But there's something else." What else? He leaned forward. "Being forgotten," he whispered.

  Mitch Albom

  People, Forgotten, Moments

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

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• Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or - such is the pleasure they experience - they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Life, Two

  "Eleven Minutes". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2003.

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• Freud is finished, Einstein's next.

  Don DeLillo

  Finished

  Don DeLillo (2011). “Cosmopolis”, p.7, Pan Macmillan

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• Magnus got to his feet. “I do believe that's my cue to leave as well,” he said. Clary noticed he was avoiding looking at Alec. “I'd say it's been nice meeting you all, but, in fact, it hasn't. It's been quite awkward, and frankly, the next time I see a single one of you will be far too soon.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Believe, Feet

  "City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments)". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 25, 2008.

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