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• You’re crowding me. I need— room.”... What I needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet again I was proving I couldn’t be trusted in Patch’s presence. I should have been bolting for the door, and yet … I wasn’t.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Doors, Should Have, Needs

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2009). “Hush, Hush”, p.339, Simon and Schuster

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• They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came and wiped away my tears) They took away what should have been my tongue, (but I had talked with god when I was young) He would not let them take away my soul, possessing that I still possess the whole.

  Helen Keller

  Eye, Should Have, Soul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Men, Should Have

  Benjamin Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1”, p.138

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• There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been.

  Michelle Sagara

  Dragons, Should Have, Pissed Off

  Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.654, MIRA

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• With his fantastic mane of multicoloured hair, Phury should have been in Hollywood's league with the ladies, but he'd stuck with his vow of celibacy. There was room for one and only one love in his life, and it had been slowly killing him for years.

  J.R. Ward

  Hair, Should Have, Years

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• Matthew: Shall I remind you of some of the choicest remarks you made about me when I arrived here? Because they live in my memory as fresh as the day they were spoken. Mary: Oh, Matthew. What am I always telling you? You must pay no attention to the things I say. When they kiss, it is a long kiss, all the more passionate for being delayed far longer than it should have been.

  Jessica Fellowes

  Memories, Kissing, Should Have

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• There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.

  Haruki Murakami

  Peace, Night, Should Have

  Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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• The child in each of us Knows paradise. Paradise is home. Home as it was Or home as it should have been. Paradise is one's own place, One's own people, One's own world, Knowing and known, Perhaps even Loving and loved. Yet every child Is cast from paradise- Into growth and new community, Into vast, ongoing Change.

  Octavia Butler

  Children, Home, Should Have

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Talents”, p.130, Open Road Media

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• That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.

  Suzanne Collins

  Frustration, Hair, Should Have

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.278, Scholastic Inc.

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• It is obvious enough for the reader to conclude, "She loves young Emerson." A reader in Lucy's place would not find it obvious. Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice, and we welcome "nerves" or any other shibboleth that will cloak our personal desire. She loved Cecil; George made her nervous; will the reader explain to her that the phrases should have been reversed?

  E. M. Forster

  Should Have, Practice, Desire

  E. M. Forster (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)”, p.463, Delphi Classics

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• I miss you.…” He stroked the indentation of the gown where her waist would have been—should have been. “I miss you so much.

  J.R. Ward

  Should Have, Missing, Gowns

  J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.71, Penguin

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• I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm’s End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest.” He looked at Jaime defiantly. “I will defend King Tommen with all my strength, I swear it. I will give my life for his if need be. But I will never betray Renly, by word or deed. He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them.

  George R. R. Martin

  Kings, Hands, Should Have

  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.2203, Bantam

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• Sneak out." He shrugged, as if that should have been a no-brainer. But that was easy for him to say. He was dead. What else could they do to him, take away his birthday?

  Rachel Vincent

  Should Have, Easy, Kaylee

  Rachel Vincent (2011). “Soul Screamers Volume One: My Soul to Lose\My Soul to Take\My Soul to Save”, p.468, Harlequin

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• The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Men, Should Have

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• Failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else's opinion of how a certain act should have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be performed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes impossible.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Cheating, Believe

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• I should have been dead ten times over. I've thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.

  Dennis Hopper

  Believe, Should Have, Miracle

  "12 Movie Stars Who Experienced Career Resurrections", www.indiewire.com. October 31, 2013.

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• I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage.

  Amanda Holden

  Girl, Home, Night

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• I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own.

  Dianne Wiest

  Humor, Should Have, Ideas

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• So when I say we had been the cowards, yes, that's what I meant, we as a society. And that's everybody, including myself. I had been screaming about the drug war and this war and other wars. I should have been more on terrorism, too. So should you, so should everybody.

  Bill Maher

  War, Should Have, Drug

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• My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows, I am roughand lecherous. Tut, I should have been that I am, had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.

  William Shakespeare

  Mother, Stars, Father

  'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 2, l. [132]

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• One of my favorite - well, my favorite, favorite, absolute favorite event to go to is Alfre Woodard has a party that I call the blacktress party. It's, like, black actresses that either have been nominated for an Oscar or should have been, and it sort of is just a night where we all get in a room and we get to celebrate each other.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Party, Night, Should Have

  "Gabourey Sidibe, From 'Precious' To 'AfroPop'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 31, 2013.

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• Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.

  Jay Sekulow

  Hero, Should Have, Enemy

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• There's nothing so useless than executing a task efficiently when it actually never should have been executed at all.

  Peter Drucker

  Should Have, Tasks, Useless

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• The real preparation for [Christ's] return is not to act like we know it's coming right now and do something different. It's to do what we should have been doing all along.

  Mike Huckabee

  Real, Should Have, Preparation

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• Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?

  Charles Spurgeon

  Should Have, Has Beens, Brethren

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