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• You wanna fight?" I asked. He looked up at me and, for just a second, hesitated, then said, "Yeah. I do." "Well, I'll save you the trouble. You win.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Fighting, Winning, Trouble

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• The secretary moved in to block Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, "I think it's very sweet, you sticking up for your brother like that." "I'm not trying to be sweet," Simon said, raising his voice so Thierry could hear. "I'm trying to be fair. But apparently no one's interested in that.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Sweet, Brother, Block

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• God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

  John Wilmot

  Wise, Kings, Promise

  John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Illustrated)”, p.178, Delphi Classics

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• When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be." Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

  Dale Carnegie

  Trying, Friendly, Poison

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.82, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. We're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers... coax us, 'Be calm! Be patient! Wait! We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just wiser than you.' For ten thousand years they've said that. We want our Utopia now — and we're going to try our hands at it.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Tired, Sleep, Thinking

  Sinclair Lewis (1924). “Main Street”, p.228, Lulu.com

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• Ah," he said. "I had an . . . artistic disagreement with the director of the panto. As it happens, I take issue with the objectification of women in Cinderella, and the reliance on shoes as a means of identification. Surely you understand.

  Maureen Johnson

  Mean, Shoes, Issues

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Last Little Blue Envelope”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• I don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.' How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?

  Franny Billingsley

  Sister, Years, Shoes

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.101, A&C Black

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• The boy shall have a proper beating,' said Cecil. 'But I beat him already,' I said, 'and don't tell me I didn't do it properly. I'm touchy about these things.

  Franny Billingsley

  Boys, Beats, Touchy

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.106, A&C Black

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• ‎"I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, 'Moody, save all you can.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Looks, World, Given

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• As he closed the door he said over his shoulder, "Because you're a good lass." A heavy sigh. "And I'm no' a good man.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Men, Doors, Good Man

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.1061, Dell

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• Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?" Minho asked, pulling Thomas's attention away from Alby. "Go ahead," Newt replied. Minho nodded and faced the crowd. "Be careful," he said dryly. "Don't die.

  James Dashner

  Giving, Attention, Crowds

  James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner)”, p.302, Delacorte Press

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• I know,” said Peter. “Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echo’s Well is to choose illusion. To choose to avoid the responsibilities of being an adult. The real trick—the real choice—is to keep the best of the child you were, without forgetting when you grow up. “It is the best of both worlds, Jack. Being a child is to believe in magic everywhere… “…but even Peter Pan had to grow up one day.

  James A. Owen

  Children, Growing Up, Real

  James A. Owen (2015). “Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon”, p.654, Simon and Schuster

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• Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Heart, Hands, Snow

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• In the Sapient tongue he said softly, ‘Tell me, Master, did you know Incarceron was tiny?’ ‘Is it?’ Sapphique replied in the same language, his green eyes as he looked up lit by deep points of flame. ‘To you, perhaps. Not to its Prisoners. Every prison is a universe for its inmates. And think, Jared Sapiens. Might not the Realm also be tiny, swinging from the watchchain of some being in a world even vaster?

  Catherine Fisher

  Eye, Thinking, Flames

  Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.192, Hachette UK

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• Booyah, I will summon the ninja. Oh, and take a lunch break while we burgle." "You're going, too?" "Am I not ninja enough? Are you saying that I lack ninja?" "No, I was just thinking you're a little, uh, recognizable, maybe?" Eve batted her thick eyelashes. "Why, thank you, sweetie. That's the nicest insult I've had today, not counting the jock who said he'd date me but he had a restraining order out for necrophelia.

  Rachel Caine

  Thinking, Eyelashes, Order

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Bite Club”, p.19, Allison & Busby

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• And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!

  Margaret Haddix

  Guy, Needs, Stories

  Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Brave”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• How much do you love me?' Midori asked. 'Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,' I said.

  Haruki Murakami

  World, Do You Love Me, Enough

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• Are you high? Why are you never wearing a shirt?" "I sleep naked," Cole said. He put both milk and sugar in my coffee. "As the day goes on, I put on more and more clothing. You should've come over an hour ago.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Coffee, Sleep, Naked

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.784, Scholastic Inc.

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• Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison. "It's both sad and incredibly impressive that you were all ready with that one.

  Maureen Johnson

  Unison, Impressive, Ready

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.138, Penguin

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• does you costume involve leather?" she'd asked. and he'd said, "Actually, yeah, it might." it really did. it involved a leather dog collar, leather pants and a leash, and the leash was held by Ysandre, who was in skintight red rubber, from neck to knee high boots. she'd topped it off with a pair of devil horns and a red tridant. she'd made Shane her dog, complete with furry dog mask. ***"Breathe," Myrnin said. "I'm not much for it myself, but i hear it's quite good for humans."***

  Rachel Caine

  Dog, Leather Pants, Devil

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• A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking, Worry, Effort

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• Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Eye, Men, Thinking

  Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.246, Macmillan

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• Cause nothing said lovin' like a shitload of motion detectors.

  J.R. Ward

  Causes

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8”, p.651, Penguin

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• You lit into me last night. You said what I did was stupid. - That's what my head said. But my heart... My stupid heart... Her voice broke. It was singing.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Stupid, Heart, Night

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• Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.

  Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

  Bored, Complicated, Being Bored

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