Plans Quotes - Page 32

• ...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.

  Simone Elkeles

  Book, Reality, Games

  Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• I had hoped to hear everyone discussing how much they missed my altruistic qualities, my legendary skills as a fighter and as a lover." He leered. "Instead, you're making plans for tomorrow. Interesting how life goes on in spite of itself.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Skills, Interesting, Quality

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

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• The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Dream, Perfect, Enemy

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• Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

  Rick Riordan

  Sound, Athena, Worthy

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.

  Holly Black

  Drunk, Trying, Looks

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• Men plan. Fate Laughs. Guis Alera, First Lord

  Jim Butcher

  Fate, Men, Laughing

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• Without stopping kissing her, he swept her up into his arms. They stood in the motel lobby kissing until someone called, "Get a room." Donia pulled back and laughed. "That was the plan. They said no.

  Melissa Marr

  Kissing, Stopping, Arms

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• In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.

  Rose Tremain

  Book, Planning, Stage

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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• I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings we sometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable..." - Scout Finch

  Harper Lee

  Summer, Eye, Kissing

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Planning, Individual, States

  1944 The Road to Serfdom.

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• I had to lull Mom and Hank into believing I was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If I exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black LOVE SUCKS tee, my plan would never get off the ground.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mom, Believe, Taken

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.609, Simon and Schuster

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• Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Stupid, Thinking, Forever

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• Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast.

  Steve Pavlina

  Goal, Breakfast, Environment

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• It makes me happier, more secure, to think that I do not have to plan and manage everything for myself, that I am only a sword made sharp to smite the unclean forces, an enchanted sword to cleave and disperse them. Grant, O Lord, that I may not break as I strike! Let me not fall from Thy hand!

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Fall, Thinking, Hands

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• Nonsense," said Graff. "Ender always has plans within plans.

  Orson Scott Card

  Nonsense, Ender, Said

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead”, p.452, Tor Science Fiction

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• Liz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if she means "O" for Owen, or just plan "Oh." He is not sure what difference it would make in either case. He feels the needs to clarify. "When I said 'I like you very much,' I actually meant 'I love you.'" "O," she says, "I actually meant the same thing." She closes the car door behind her. "Well," he says to himself, driving back to his apartment, "isn't that something?

  Gabrielle Zevin

  I Like You, Love You, Mean

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• On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

  Chris Wooding

  Reflection, Tables, Said

  Chris Wooding (2011). “The Iron Jackal: A Tale of the Ketty Jay”, p.4, Hachette UK

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• I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry.

  John Fowles

  Fiction, Path, Given

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• Do me a favor?” he whispered. Beth's hold tightened on his hand. ”Anything, what do you need?” ”Hum the Jeopardy theme.” There was a pause.Then Beth burst out laughing and swatted his shoulder. ”Wrath-” ”Actually,take your clothes off and hum it while doing some belly grooves.” As his shellan bent down and kissed his forehead, he looked up at her through his wraparounds. ”You think I'm kidding? Come on, we both need the distraction. And I promise I'll tip well” "You never carry cash." He extended his tongue and swept it over his upper lip. "I plan on working it off.

  J.R. Ward

  Thinking, Hands, Clothes

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• Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan.

  Thornton Wilder

  Existence, Live By, Accidents

  Thornton Wilder (2014). “The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• So how are we going to get into the temple, anyway? Are we going to fight our way through the Necromancers on our own?' 'No, we're going to find a way to let our friends in, and then we'll let them fight while we stand by and look smug.' 'I like that plan.' 'It has its moments.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Looks, Way

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• If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Mind Blowing, Planning

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• Michael patted him on the shoulder. “I like this plan,” he said. “You and Eve, picking up cake and flowers, and you can’t even say a word. Should be tons of fun.” Shane almost choked, and gave Michael a sideways glare. Michael sent him a hundred-watt smile in return—no fangs, which was probably for the best.

  Rachel Caine

  Fun, Flower, Cake

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• I nodded, chewing my own syrup-soaked bite. "But surely that's not all there is to it. I mean, really? A big picnic? That's Avari's master plan? That makes him sound about as dangerous as Yogi Bear." Tod shrugged. "Yeah. If Yogi were a soul-sucking, body-stealing, boyfriend-snatching, damned-soul-torturing evil demon from another world. Besides, what else could he be planning?

  Rachel Vincent

  Mean, Evil, Soul

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• Okay, can you pass yourself off as a magician and gain Gerald's trust and pass us information about Celeste's plans and save all the magicians who want to be saved? Jaime asked. "Because if so awesome. I shall stay here and eat pie.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Pie, Want, Information

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