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• Is this how it is for everyone?' she whispered. 'No.' 'How do you know?' 'I just do. I've never felt this with anyone before.' 'Serious?' 'Serious. That isn't a line.' 'Kiss me,' she said. He did. Everywhere.

  Jenny Downham

  Kissing, Lines, Kiss Me

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• ...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right.

  Douglas Adams

  Down And, Firsts, Drink

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

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• Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?" Jazza: "I bet all of the victims thought that." Rory: "But still, what are the chances?" Jazza: "Well, I imagine they are several million to one." Jerome: "Not that high. You're only dealing with a small part of London. And while there might be a million or more people in that area, the Ripper is probably focusing on women, because all of the original victims were women. So halve that--" Jazza: "You really need another hobby.

  Maureen Johnson

  People, Serial Killer, Hobbies

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• As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

  Jules Verne

  Overcoming, Ferguson, Tone

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Five Weeks In A Balloon / Cinq semaines en ballon (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.13, Jules Verne

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• Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.

  Michelle Sagara

  Loss, Expression, People

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• I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary to confront defeat. It might be necessary, to get over it, all the way through it, and go on. I would teach her to laugh a lot. Laugh a lot at the - and the silliest things and be very, very serious. I'd teach her to love life, I can bet you that.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Love Life, Thoughtful

  "Bill Moyers Journal", billmoyers.com. November 21, 1973.

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• Your laughter is like cool water to me," I said. I felt my heart sob at these strange words, and it would not have been hard to summon tears: Strange. " "You are so serious all of a sudden," she told me. "I am not any one thing," I said. (137)

  Patrick deWitt

  Laughter, Heart, Water

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• New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation.

  Maureen Johnson

  Motivation, Singing, Lines

  Maureen Johnson (2014). “Scarlett Fever”, p.13, Hot Key Books

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• The market ... demands a signal from you that you're serious, powerful, accepted, and safe.

  Seth Godin

  Powerful, Demand, Safe

  Seth Godin (2007). “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)”, p.48, Penguin

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• All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.

  Robertson Davies

  Children, Real, Fantasy

  Robertson Davies (1983). “The Deptford trilogy”, Penguin Mass Market

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• I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine. It ain't that serious!'

  Queen Latifah

  Regret, Years, Self

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• Francesca took a navy blue sheath from a hanger and held it up. "This is darling, Gabriel. Don't you love it? You're right, I think we need to concentrate on much more feminine articles of clothing." He reached around her and fingered the soft material. "Where is the rest of it?" He was very serious, his dark eyes searching her face for signs she was teasing.

  Christine Feehan

  Eye, Dark, Thinking

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• The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way.

  Jack Kerouac

  Beautiful, Hipster, Crazy

  Jack Kerouac, Ann Charters (1995). “The portable Jack Kerouac”, Penguin Group USA

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• Just because we don't understand why they'd cover up something doesn't mean they aren't," Bobby said, and we both turned to look at him. "Now you just sound paranoid," I said. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you," Bobby said with an expression so serious that I couldn't help but laugh.

  Amanda Hocking

  Mean, Expression, Laughing

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• I have generally not responded to sexism if it's about me. And I have responded if it's about somebody else, because if women in general are being degraded, are being dismissed, then I can respond in a way that demonstrates I'm not taking it personally but I'm really serious about rejecting that kind of behavior.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kind, Behavior, Sexism

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• Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

  Rob Bell

  Sex, Giving Up, Love Is

  Rob Bell (2010). “Sex God”, p.70, Harper Collins

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• My father would take you wherever you wanted to go," he told her softly. "I was pretty sure I could talk you into staying, but I underestimated how badly hurt I was." "Stupid," she said tartly. He looked up at her, and whatever he saw in her face made him smile, though his voice was serious when he answered her charge. "Yes. You throw my judgement off." -Charles and Anna when he thought she was leaving him and Changed when he was injured

  Patricia Briggs

  Hurt, Father, Stupid

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.35, Penguin

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• She looked at me for real and saw I was serious. She saw I knew she was for me like you know that tomorrow morning the sun will rise.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Morning, Real, Saws

  Elizabeth Scott (2009). “Something, Maybe”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Balthazar was the kind of guy who used totally correct spelling and punctuation even when he was texting, which was sort of bizarrely hot. She was in serious trouble if commas could get her going.

  Claudia Gray

  Guy, Hot, Texting

  Claudia Gray (2012). “Balthazar”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Kyle had to give her credit; it took skill—plus no heart and a serious abuse of the English language— to break up with someone in fewer than 140 characters.

  Julie James

  Heart, Character, Skills

  Julie James (2012). “About That Night”, p.39, Penguin

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• I told you not to take off work for this." “And miss your big finale? No way.I’m all atwitter to see how things turn out.” “That’s cute, Jordo.” Then he frowned as Nick McCall was suddenly there, in their lives, and Kyle was therefore being a little…cautious before welcoming him into the family. “Be nice, Kyle,” Jordan warned. “What?” he asked innocently. “When have I ever not been nice to Tall, Dark, and You Can’t Be Serious About This Guy?” “I like him. Get used to it.

  Julie James

  Cute, Nice, Dark

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• Taking risks is not being suicidal. Otherwise, skydivers need serious help.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Suicidal, Risk, Needs

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.93, Scholastic Inc.

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• How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up?" Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. "That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.

  Ann Brashares

  Expression, Waiting, Grew

  Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.226, Random House

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• By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures.

  Wallace Stegner

  Memories, Mind, Tools

  Wallace Stegner (2002). “On Teaching and Writing Fiction”, p.12, Penguin

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• You could have told me earlier.” “You seemed so serious about the game. I didn’t want to bother you.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Games, Want, Bother

  Nicholas Sparks (2010). “The Lucky One”, p.173, Hachette UK

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