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• Owain crossed his arms over his chest. "I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now." "So, in other words," North said, "you're living in poverty?

  Alexandra Bracken

  Jobs, Gone, Arms

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• Where I come from," said Archie, "a bloke likes to get to know a girl before he marries her." "Where you come from it is customary to boil vegetables until they fall apart. This does not mean," said Samad tersely, "that it is a good idea.

  Zadie Smith

  Girl, Fall, Mean

  Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.83, Vintage

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• So, go talk to flowers about bulls and such," Aphrodite said. "I'll go talk to flowers," Stevie Rae said.

  P. C. Cast

  Flower, Bulls, Aphrodite

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Burned: A House of Night Novel”, p.93, Macmillan

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• Ah... Much better" he said. "Backbiter, Luke called it. An appropriate name. Now that it is reforged comeplately, it shall indeed bite back

  Rick Riordan

  Names, Bites, Luke

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• I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong or sometimes completely backward. I try to go back and correct it, but things get even more complicated and confused, so that I don’t even remember what I started to say in the first place. Like I was split into two or something, one half chasing the other. And there’s this big pillar in the middle and they go chasing each other around and around it. The other me always latches onto the right word and this me absolutely never catches up

  Haruki Murakami

  Confused, Talking, Two

  Haruki Murakami (1989). “Norwegian Wood”

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• she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.

  Janet Fitch

  Girl, Mother

  Janet Fitch (2013). “White Oleander”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• You become more divine as you become more creative. All the religions of the world have said God is the creator. I don’t know whether he is the creator or not, but one thing I know: the more creative you become, the more godly you become. When your creativity comes to a climax, when your whole life becomes creative, you live in God. So he must be the creator because people who have been creative have been closest to him. Love what you do. Be meditative while you are doing it – whatsoever it is

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Creativity, Godly

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• When you want something so bad it hurts,” he said quietly, “and you bury it, bury it so deep that you convince yourself it no longer matters . . . and someone tells you you can have it, it's terrifying. What if you take the chance and you're wrong? What if you let yourself feel the loss and it's this huge pain and you can't put it back in the box?

  Nalini Singh

  Hurt, Pain, Loss

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• Welcome home, Rachel mariana Morgan, he said, his goat-slitted eyes holding a new, dangerous light. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.

  Kim Harrison

  Home, Eye, Light

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• You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind," I said, busily opening cans.

  Cate Tiernan

  Kitchen, Blind, Looking Good

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Book of Shadows: Book One”, p.13, Penguin

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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• What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Flower, Snakes, Earth

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• I'll look as if I'm dead, and that won't be true.' I said nothing. 'You understand. It's too far. I can't take this body with me. It's too heavy.' I said nothing. 'But it'll be like an old abandoned shell. There's nothing sad about an old shell...' I said nothing. 'It'll be nice, you know. I'll be looking at the stars, too. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out water for me to drink...' I said nothing. 'And it'll be fun! You'll have five-hundred million little bells; I'll have five-hundred million springs of fresh water...' And he, too, said nothing more.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Stars, Fun, Spring

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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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• Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an orphan and utterly free. Free and poor! What fun!' She stopped and raised her lips to him in a delighted kiss. 'It's impossible to be both together,' said John grimly. 'People have found that out. And I should choose to be free as preferable of the two.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Fun, Book, Kissing

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2008). “Babylon Revisited: And Other Stories”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love!

  Hilary McKay

  Falling In Love, Jobs, Sorry

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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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• Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than the others.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Two, World, Remember

  Alexandre Dumas (2015). “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO: Classic French Literature”, p.128, 谷月社

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• Oh, yes, she's unusual!' he said bitterly. 'She blurts our whatever may come into her head;she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another;she's happier gromming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less diginity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a fault, and-a darling!

  Georgette Heyer

  Horse, Party, Eye

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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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