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• Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent friends remembered be, in all that’s sung or said, And Love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead.

  Albert Pike

  Memories, Together, And Love

  Albert Pike, “Re-Union”

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• she was just…beaming at me, and I thought she’d won the lottery or something, her smile was that big. I asked what happened, and she said…” Park swallowed again. “She said, ‘You’re here.”’ He blinked at Tess. “‘You’re here.’ That’s all it was. That big goofy smile just because I was there. Nobody ever smiled like that at me before.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Parks, Goofy, Her Smile

  Jennifer Crusie (2007). “Jennifer Crusie Bundle: Getting Rid of Bradley\Strange Bedpersons\What The Lady Wants\Charlie All Night”, p.444, MIRA

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• I predict a long reign ahead of you. Years of being referred to as Your Majesty, Your Grace, Your Excellence, My Liege, My Queen, My Lovely.” “I don’t think that last one is a formal title,” I said. “It should be.

  Amanda Hocking

  Queens, Thinking, Years

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.548, Pan Macmillan

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• That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.

  Margaret Atwood

  Home, Night, People

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Feb 20, 2017

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• Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it." "Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him. "Not seriously." "Seriously," I said. Thinking: There is so much about me he doesn't know. Gideon put his hand on my leg. "What's your strong point, then?" "Goats," I told him. "I am excellent with goats.

  E. Lockhart

  Strong, Thinking, Hands

  "Real Live Boyfriends". Book by E. Lockhart, 2010.

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• Naptime,ʺ said Christian, leading her toward the bed. ʺI still need a shower.ʺ ʺSleep first. Shower later.ʺ He pulled back the covers. ʺIʹll sleep with you.ʺ ʺSleep or sleep?ʺ she asked dryly, sliding gratefully into bed. ʺReal sleep. You need it.ʺ He crawled in beside her, spooning against her and resting his face on her shoulder. ʺOf course, afterward, if you want to conduct any official Council business...ʺ ʺI swear, if you say ‘Little Dragomirs,ʹ you can sleep in the hall.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Real, Sleep

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• Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head and said: Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the Valar endure!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Blessed, White

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.946, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visable.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.

  R. Scott Bakker

  Wise, Ignorance, Dark

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• Arriane sized her up, tapping one finger against her lips. "Perfect," she said, stepping forward to loop her arm through Luce's. "I was just thinking I could really use a new slave.

  Lauren Kate

  Thinking, Perfect, Use

  Lauren Kate (2011). “The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition”, p.27, Delacorte Press

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• Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Break, Pippin

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.

  Markus Zusak

  Idiot, Kind, Arthur

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.154, RH Childrens Books

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• But the Good Book said a lot of things. Like 'love thy neighbor' and ' do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. If nothing else, wasn't the message of the Good Book to live and let live? So how could the Crosses call themselves 'God's chosen' and still treat us the way they did?

  Malorie Blackman

  Book, Like Love, Noughts And Crosses

  Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.

  Rachel Caine

  Smell, Cookies, Claire

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Midnight Alley”, p.108, Allison & Busby

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• You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Bows, Logic, Poet

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• I'm in love," he said hoarsely. "With someone else. That's why." Qhuinn (Lover Unleashed)

  J.R. Ward

  Lovers, Unleashed

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• But I really wanted to find it for you. And when it looked in the end like it wasn't going to turn up, I just said to myself, one day I'll go to Norfolk and I'll find it there for her.' 'The lost corner of England,' I said.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  One Day, England, Lost

  Kazuo Ishiguro (2009). “Never Let Me Go”, p.155, Faber & Faber

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• What am I coming for?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I have come to be where you are," he said; "I can't help it.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Eye, Helping, Where You Are

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Anna karenina (Arcadia Classics)”, p.132, Leo Tolstoy

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• What are we going to do?" asked the Professor. "At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash into a lamppost.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Thinking, Moments, Detachment

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• ‎"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of." "Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Thinking, Doe, World

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• I have no words,” he said hoarsely. “And I know exactly what you’re telling me.” Lover Unleashed

  J.R. Ward

  Lovers, Unleashed, Knows

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• The Dormouse looked out, and he said with a sigh: "I suppose all these people know better than I. It was silly, perhaps, but I did like the view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).

  A. A. Milne

  Silly, Blue, Views

  A. A. Milne (2011). “When We Were Very Young”, p.80, Egmont UK

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• Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, “You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.” Leaving Oxford sputtering on the ground, Ralston spun on one elegant heel to face Benedick. “When I am done with him, I am coming for your sister. And, if you intend to keep me from her, you had better have an army at your side.

  Sarah MacLean

  Army, Your Side, Oxford

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• I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the light eyes glittering with heat as her skin was revealed. "What part did you miss the most?" "Your mind," she said, and smiled at his expression. "I was hoping for a far more depraved answer than that." "Your mind is depraved," she told him solemnly. He gave a husky laugh. "True.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Eye, Light, Expression

  Lisa Kleypas (2008). “A Wallflower Christmas: A Novel”, p.157, Macmillan

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• Oh, hey, Claire,” she said, and blinked. “Where are you going?” “Funeral,” Shane said. On-screen, a zombie shrieked and died gruesomely. “Yeah? Cool! Whose?” “Hers.” Shane said.

  Rachel Caine

  Funeral, Zombie, Hey

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