Perfect Quotes - Page 34

• You were right. My whole crew. Gone. Arrested. Perfect. Shoot me now and save me the expense of a bullet later. (Tory)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Gone, Bullets, Crew

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.528, Macmillan

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• The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

  Thomas Hardy

  Heart, Hands, Idlers

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• Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing

  Voltaire

  Character, Thinking, Ideas

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.67, Penguin

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• I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.

  Edward Abbey

  Sea, Sky, Simplicity

  Edward Abbey (1984). “Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside”, p.147, Macmillan

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• Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who's there to remind you what you learned along the way.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mistake, Different, Would Be

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.865, Simon and Schuster

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• Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Want, Messed Up, Stills

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• Heart lesson #3: post-heartbreak survival. The heart is resilient, I mean literally. When a body is burned, the heart is the last organ to oxidize. While the rest of the body can catch flame like a polyester sheet on campfire, it takes hours to burn the heart to ash. My dear sister, a near-perfect organ! Solid, inflammable.

  Ibi Kaslik

  Heart, Mean, Flames

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• Just the perfect touch of rebellion," says Haymitch "Very nice." Rebellion?

  Suzanne Collins

  Nice, Rebellion, Haymitch

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.74, Scholastic Inc.

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• You never know the biggest day of your life is your biggest day, not until it’s happening. You don’t recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you’re right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there’s not enough time because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Heart, Perfect Days, Broken

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• The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates,” Jessica said severely. “It would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself,” said her grandmother. “He is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction.” “He isn’t husband material.” “What I have described is perfect husband material.” said her grandmother. “I don’t want a husband.” “Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective.

  Loretta Chase

  Strong, Powerful, Husband

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• You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you’re as blind as a mole, you’re a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work.” Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. “But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I’ve ever known.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Hands, Evil, Together

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• But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.

  Jim Butcher

  Hero, Sacrifice, Attendance

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.167, Penguin

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• Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!

  Brandon Mull

  Mom, Home, School

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• You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you’re afraid for the next moment, because it couldn’t possibly be quite as good? That’s what it felt like.

  Jodi Picoult

  Next, Sometimes, Life Is

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.346, Simon and Schuster

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• At last Niko dropped his hands, and opened his eyes. His perfect tree illusion solidified and settled. "Very nice," said Briar with approval. "Couldn't have done better myself" "Couldn't do it at all yourself," muttered Tris. Briar ignored her. "But you'd never find a cork oak in these parts. Too cold." Niko looked down his nose at the boy. "I beg your pardon?" Briar shrugged. "Just thought I'd mention it." Niko glared.

  Tamora Pierce

  Nice, Eye, Boys

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• Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Way, Moments, Anita Blake

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• You can help each other, Max, said the unwelcome voice. You're perfect complements to each other. "Shut up!" I hissed under my breath, and Dylan looked startled. "I didn't say anything." Gritting my teeth, I nodded. "No, I know. It's just-" I decided to take a risk and stare him down. "I hear voices, okay? If you're gonna be here, get used to it. Or else keep your distance.

  James Patterson

  Distance, Voice, Risk

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• He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

  Arundhati Roy

  Hair, Hands, Rose

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.338, Penguin Books India

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• When you are perfect, is there anywhere else to go?

  Mary E. Pearson

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.109, Macmillan

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• It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Blood, Investing, Flesh

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, Karin Jacobson (2004). “CliffsComplete The Scarlet Letter”, p.135, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I first became fascinated with the Sears catalogue because all the people in its pages were perfect. Nearly everybody I knew had something missing, a finger cut off, a toe split, an ear half-chewed away, an eye clouded with blindness from a glancing fence staple. And if they didn't have something missing, they were carrying scars from barbed wire, or knives, or fishhooks. But the people in the catalogue had no such hurts. They were not only whole, had all their arms and legs and eyes on their unscarred bodies, but they were also beautiful.

  Harry Crews

  Beautiful, Hurt, Eye

  Harry Crews (1995). “A Childhood: The Biography of a Place”, p.58, University of Georgia Press

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• Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Love, Life, Motivational

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• Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

  Coco Chanel

  Beauty, Fashion, Thinking

  "Chanel". Book by Jean Leymarie, 1987.

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• Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We do not curse or defame. We do not use the Lord’s name in vain. It is not difficult to become perfect in avoiding a swearing habit, for if one locks his mouth against all words of cursing,... he is en route to perfection in that matter.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Names, Church, Locks

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• It didn't take a trauma to make you wear a mask. It didn't take your parents getting shot...or cosmic rays or a power ring...Just the perfect combination of loneliness and despair.

  Mark Millar

  Loneliness, Parent, Despair

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