Should Have Quotes - Page 39

• It’s the final word in camouflage. Forget chucking weights around. Peeta should have gone into his private session with the Gamemakers and painted himself into a tree. Or a boulder. Or a muddy bank full of weeds.

  Suzanne Collins

  Weed, Tree, Boulders

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.252, Scholastic Inc.

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• She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.

  Bram Stoker

  Believe, Heart, Men

  Bram Stoker (2007). “Dracula”, p.373, Book Jungle

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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

  Practice, Desire, Nerves

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

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• The jury is supposed to be twelve peers, but technically that would mean every single person on the jury should have Asperger's syndrome, because then they'd really understand me.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mean, Twelve, Peers

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.

  Jeannette Walls

  Cutting, Wings, Broken

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• They say great times make great men. I don't buy it. I saw a lot of weakness, a lot of filth. People who should have risen to the challenge and either couldn't or wouldn't. Greed, fear, stupidity and hate. I saw it before the war, I see it today. [...] I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.

  Max Brooks

  Hate, War, Men

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• He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head.

  Louise Rennison

  Dream, Boys, Sides

  "Withering Tights". Book by Louise Rennison, 2011.

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• Somebody," said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour - and in the oddest places! - for the lack of it.

  James A. Baldwin

  Father, People, Hours

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• Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,’ he said, ‘for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.

  J. K. Rowling

  Moon, Glasses, Hands

  J. K. Rowling (2004). “Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa”, Bloomsbury Children

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• He grinned. “I was trying to remember all the deadly sins the other day,” he said. “Greed,envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry…” “I’m pretty sure irony isn’t a deadly sin.” “I’m pretty sure it is.” “Lust,” she said. “Lust is a deadly sin.” “And spanking.” “I think that falls under lust.” “I think it should have its own category,” said Jace. “Greed, envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry, lust, and spanking.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fall, Thinking, Envy

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• I should have liked to have had him beside me in a glass coffin, so that I could watch him all the time and he would not have been able to get away from me.

  Angela Carter

  Glasses, Watches, Coffins

  Angela Carter (1997). “Burning your boats: the collected short stories”, Penguin Group USA

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• I left. When I should have stayed.

  Jay Asher

  Should, Left

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.220, Penguin

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• I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

  Cate Tiernan

  Rivers, Challenges, Slave

  Cate Tiernan (2011). “Immortal Beloved (Book One): Immortal Beloved: Book One”, p.313, Hachette UK

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• Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity.

  Wil Wheaton

  Secret Identity, Evil, Twins

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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

  Missing, Gowns, I Miss You So Much

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

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• Everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.

  John Green

  Long, Doe, Lasts

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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• We should have just killed him, that's a lesson, don't get creative with revenge

  China Mieville

  Revenge, Creative, Lessons

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• A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Thinking, Hands, Understanding

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• Give it up? Not likely. Besides, what else would I do? I totally should have gone to Hogwart's when I had the chance.

  Darynda Jones

  Giving, Gone, Hogwarts

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Third Grave Dead Ahead”, p.36, Macmillan

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• I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.

  Nick Hornby

  Age, Forget, Forgotten

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.178, Penguin

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• The one thing I have absolute faith in is mankind's capacity to make things worse. No matter how bad it gets, we're all happy to screw each other over. It's enough to make me wonder if we should have let the zombies win.

  Mira Grant

  Winning, Zombie, Matter

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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, Giving

  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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• I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

  Kiera Cass

  Girl, Order, Would Be

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• ‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Pain, Fate, Giving

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “The Sorrows of Young Werther”, p.92, Booklassic

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• She got to you, too, huh?" I said, sliding onto the bench seat across from him. "Actually, I called her." Luca grinned. "I'm vomiting from a possible case of food poisoning. You?" "Sudden onset menstruation." He nodded respectfully. "Classic." "Yeah, but I should have gone for something more long-term. Yours will get you out of the whole afternoon. Ferris Bueller would be proud.

  Rachel Vincent

  Long, Vomiting, Benches

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, June 26, 2012.

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