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• Fame is an illusion. Things can be given to you quite easily, but they get ripped away so quickly as well.

  Ashley Olsen

  Illusion, Fame, Given

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• What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, People, Destruction

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• Simon's walls were covered in what looked like pages ripped from a comic book, but when I squinted, I realized they were hand drawn. Some were black-and-white, but most were in full color, everything from character sketches to splash panels to full pages, done in a style that wasn't quite manga, wasn't quite comic book.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Wall, Book, Character

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “The Darkest Powers Series, Book 1: The Summoning”, p.195, Penguin Group

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• I loved you!” he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. “I loved you, and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me!” The change in his features also caught me by surprise. His voice filled the room. So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian. He strode toward me, hand clasped over his chest. “I. Loved. You. And you used me the whole time.

  Richelle Mead

  Grief, Heart, Hands

  "Last Sacrifice". Book by Richelle Mead, December 7, 2010.

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• I think I'm past any window where I'm suddenly going to become surprisingly ripped so that people go, 'Oh, my God, what happened to you?'

  Louis C. K.

  Past, Thinking, People

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• Jim Bakker ripped off the bedspread and said, my wife doesn't make me feel like a man anymore.

  Jessica Hahn

  Men, Wife, Said

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• My body Healed quickly. But the wound to my psyche was deep. Wide. First aid, too little, too late, left me hemorrhaging inside, the blood unstaunched by psychological bandage or love's healing magic. Eventually it scabbed over, a thick, ugly welt of memory. I work to conceal it, but no matter how hard I try, once in a while something makes me pick at it until the scarring bleeds. In my arms, Ashante cries, innocence ripped apart by circumstance. Bloodied by inhuman will. Time will prove a tourniquet. But she will always be at risk of infection. (124)

  Ellen Hopkins

  Memories, Healing, Blood

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Fallout”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!

  Beth Ditto

  Girl, Confused, Boys

  "Beth Ditto wants to start the 'IKEA" of plus-sized clothing lines" by Darwinl, www.mtv.com. May 25, 2012.

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• I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.

  Candace Bushnell

  Jeans, Sweaters, Pairs

  "Candace Bushnell: ‘I Actually Don’t Shop Very Much’" by Amy Odell, www.thecut.com. May 26, 2010.

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• I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved you, and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up.

  Richelle Mead

  Heart, Saws, I Loved You

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1416, Penguin

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• And so, surpassing my own records for dangerous, reckless behavior, I ripped off Sonya's bracelet. "I'm Rose Hathaway.

  Richelle Mead

  Rose, Records, Behavior

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.285, Penguin

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• When he turned to face her, the drawn look on his face was one of absolute agony as if Luce had just ripped his heart out

  Lauren Kate

  Heart, Agony, Looks

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.595, Delacorte Press

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• Last forever!' Who hasn't prayed that prayer? You were lucky to get it in the first place. The present is a freely given canvas. That it is constantly being ripped apart and washed downstream goes without saying.

  Annie Dillard

  Inspiring, Prayer, Forever

  Annie Dillard (2011). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.84, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.

  Florence Welch

  Moving, Thinking, High Heels

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• What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

  John Stossel

  Years, People, Imperfect

  "John Stossel on Unintended Consequences of New Credit Card Rules". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Laura Ingraham, www.foxnews.com. August 24, 2010.

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• Now I am going back And I have ripped my hand From your hand as I said I would And I have made it this far.

  Anne Sexton

  Hands, Made, Said

  Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

  Ruben Blades

  People, Facts, Talent

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• You say one more thing that sounds like it's ripped from the pages of a really bad gothic romance and I'm out of here, are we clear?" - Valkyrie Cain

  Derek Landy

  Romance, Sound, Cain

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• Did you say something Macey?' I asked, but she cut me a look that could kill. She reached into her bag, ripped off a sliver of Evapopaper, and scribbled: 'Can we study tonight? (Tell anyone, and I'll kill you in you sleep!)

  Ally Carter

  Sleep, Cutting, Bags

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• You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, you ape – the great face pressed even closer, so that Wonse was staring into the pitiless depths of his eyes – we never burned and tortured and ripped one another apart and called it morality.

  Terry Pratchett

  Eye, Dragons, Heartless

  "Guards! Guards!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1989.

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• There was nothing else to do but call upon the Creator, praying, begging, pleading, bargaining—anything to make him protect Xavier. I couldn’t have him ripped away from me like that. I could survive emotional turmoil; I could survive the most intense physical torture. I could survive Armageddon and holy fire raining down upon the earth, but I could not survive without him.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Rain, Emotional, Fire

  Alexandra Adornetto (2011). “Hades”, p.63, Macmillan

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• Have you ever asked yourself,do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? I've seen things, angel. There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill thier own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don't they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work! And the worst part is, it's almost impossible to retrieve a soul that has been ripped away. Almost." He gave Akiva a keen look."But it can be done, if ever...if ever you decide to go looking for yours."___Izil

  Laini Taylor

  War, Rip, Angel

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• I wanted a do over. A time machine. That magic wand. But real life didn't have any easy outs, and very few happily-ever-afters. The real world was more like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, with most of the choices ripped out before you even opened the cover.

  Rachel Vincent

  Real, Book, Adventure

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• DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they say don't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.

  Kami Garcia

  Pain, Hate, Math

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• I am a freak in secondhand velour, a leper who uses L'Oreal Anti-sticky Mega Gel. I am rootless, ripped from all foundations, an orphan raising an orphan and wanting to take away everything there is and replace it with stuff I've made.

  Dave Eggers

  Foundation, Use, Stuff

  Dave Eggers (2013). “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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