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• I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chatting about," said Jace. It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ideas, Fallen Angels, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1530, Simon and Schuster

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• Ranger appeared in the bathroom doorway and I was too relieved to be embarrassed. "I appreciate you coming out in the middle of the night," I said. Ranger smiled. "I didn't want to miss seeing you chained up naked.

  Janet Evanovich

  Night, Appreciate, Missing

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• He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man): "Surely it is possible to love with the head as well as the heart." Mr. Delagardie had replied, somewhat drily: "No doubt; so long as you do not end by thinking with your entrails instead of your brain.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Uncles, Heart, Men

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Busman's Honeymoon”, p.316, Open Road Media

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• Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do you know about phantom-limb syndrome?" Julia nodded. "There's pain where she ought to be. It's feeding the other pain, the thing that makes me wash and count and all that. So her absence is stopping me from going to find her. Do you see?

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Pain, Self, Waiting

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• Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods

  George R. R. Martin

  Summer, Sweet, Children

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.210, Bantam

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• I don't know whether to toss you through that window or shake your hand and say 'Well done'" Henry said in a tired voice.

  Julia Quinn

  Tired, Hands, Voice

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• Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Real, Character, Tears

  Alexandre Dumas (1997). “The Count of Monte Cristo”, p.284, Wordsworth Editions

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• If you want, I can carry you—” “I’m fine,” she said shortly. “Let’s go.” He’d said that wrong. He should have said, “I want to carry you.

  Suzanne Brockmann

  Should Have, Want, Fine

  Suzanne Brockmann (2002). “Out of Control”, p.368, Ballantine Books

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• I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use?

  Richard Paul Evans

  People, Use, Understood

  Richard Paul Evans (2014). “Richard Paul Evans: The Complete Walk Series eBook Boxed Set: The Walk, Miles to Go, Road to Grace, Step of Faith, Walking on Water”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

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• The man walked past me and stopped, observing the blood running down my neck. "Your injury. Let us tend to it." He looked out through the open doorway and silently gestured to someone out there. "Our world," he said, "is far more advanced than yours. For reasons you'll understand shortly." A thin, bony, naked woman entered the room, carrying two small, white kittens. She sat one of the fluffy cats in my lap and stuffed the other down my shirt. She turned and left. "There," said the large man. "The kittens will make your sad go away.

  David Wong

  Running, Cat, Past

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• All I know is that once Julián told the kids in the building that he had a sister only he could see. He said she came out of mirrors as if she were made of thin air and that she lived with Satan himself in a palace at the bottom of a lake.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Kids, Lakes, Mirrors

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.117, Penguin

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• That's right," he said. "I created a a bunch of Forsaken Warriors, had them attack the Institute and kill Madeleine and nearly kill the rest of us, just so that I could keep Clary from at home. And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.

  Cassandra Clare

  Home, Warrior, Bunch

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• We'll tell our secrets to the dark"-Adam "Okay"-Mia "So let's hear another of your irrational fears"-Adam "I'm scared of losing you"-Mia "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen"-Adam "It still scares me"- Mia

  Gayle Forman

  Dark, Secret, Scare

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• We meant to temporarily disable her," Ian said. "Just a drop. But Natalie slipped during air turbulence. Before we could warn your nose-ringed nanny, she drenched us. Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on." "That's kindness," Amy said. "I made them agree to give me all their cash," Nellie explained. "That's bribery," Natalie grumbled.

  Peter Lerangis

  Kindness, Air, Giving

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• This means nothing,” she said. “Less than nothing,” he lied. “I’ll hate myself later.” “I hate myself now.

  Gena Showalter

  Hate, Mean, Lied

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Pleasure”, p.98, HQN Books

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• But, as Einstein once said, “For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5

  Brian Greene

  Past, Illusion, Distinction

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• You could give me the past,“ he said a little sadly. “But Alec is my future.

  Cassandra Clare

  Past, Giving, Littles

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1501, Simon and Schuster

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• Henry," said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, "if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit down and eat your supper. And say hello to our guest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Divorce, Fire, Guests

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• When men die, they die in fear", he said. "They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is your job to give it, to comfort them, to hold their hand. But children die how they have been living - in hope. They don't know what's happening, so they expect nothing, they don't ask you to hold their hand - but you end up needing them to hold yours. With children, you're on your own. Do you understand?

  Tea Obreht

  Jobs, Children, Men

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• Do you want to go back to Vienna?” he said. Alec didn’t answer, just stared into space. “Or we could go somewhere else,” said Magnus. “Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brazil, Peru – Oh, wait, no, I’m banned from Peru. I’d forgotten about that. It’s a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Somewhere Else, Space, Long

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur.

  Isabel Allende

  Suffering, May, Misfortunes

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• I was taken to an examining room where a big butch nurse practitioner came in and asked me if I was pregnant. “No way!” Was I sexually active? “Nope!” Had I ever been molested? “Well,” I said, trying to make a joke, “Oprah says the only answers to that question are ‘Yes’ and ‘I don’t remember.’ ” I laughed. We were having fun. The nurse looked at me, concerned/annoyed.

  Tina Fey

  Fun, Taken, Nurse

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• Heaven grant me patience! Clothes are very important," said Anne severely

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Clothes, Heaven, Important

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery”, p.791, e-artnow

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• This is why we shouldn't be afraid. There are two possibilities: One is that there's more to life than the physical life, that our souls "will find an even higher place to dwell" when this life is over. If that's true, there's no reason to fear failure or death. The other possibility is that this life is all there is. And if that's true, then we have to really live it - we have to take it for everything it has and "die enormous" instead of "living dormant," as I said way back on "Can I Live." Either way, fear is a waste of time.

  Jay-Z

  Two, Soul, Way

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.301, Random House Group

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• I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

  Lewis Carroll

  Morning, Adventure, Yesterday

  Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.69, Cosimo, Inc.

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