Smart Quotes - Page 20

• I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Falling In Love, Want, Rest Of Your Life

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• I was trying to prove to them and to myself that I was still who I had always been. I was beautiful, if fat. I was smart, if loud. I was good, if ruined.

  Alice Sebold

  Beautiful, Trying, Loud

  Alice Sebold (2009). “Lucky”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to be with you as much as possible, Ronnie. You're smart and funny and you're honest. I trust you. I trust us. Yeah, I'm leaving and you're going back home. But neither of those things changes the way I feel about you. And my feelings aren't going to change simply because I'm going to Vanderbilt. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone.

  Nicholas Sparks

  I Love You More, Home, Leaving

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• Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.

  Carrie Fisher

  Stupid, Order, Feel Good

  Carrie Fisher (2011). “Postcards From the Edge”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

  Jeannette Walls

  Baby, Children, Fun

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• You're pretty smart for a Fed." "I missed a bunch of questions on the entrance exam on purpose so that I could get into the agency.

  Diana Rowland

  Agency, Purpose, Exam

  Diana Rowland (2009). “Mark of the Demon”, p.321, Bantam

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• Tohru: Call a doctor, or a vet, or anybody! Oh, Mr. Postman, it's terrible! You see, they're animals!
  Postman: Uh, yes, they certainly are. Here's your mail.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Dog, Good Day, Animal

  "Fruits Basket". Season 1, Episode 2: "The Sohma Curse", www.imdb.com. July 12, 2001.

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• One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry for her. She’s not near as smart as you. She wasn’t born with your compass, so she wanders around, bumping into all sorts of walls. That’s sad.” I understood what he meant, and it made me see Mother differently. But wasn’t there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn’t seem fair.

  Ruta Sepetys

  Mother, Wall, Sorry

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• When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone.

  Rachel Vincent

  Children, Father, Sunshine

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Alpha”, p.244, MIRA

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• That's smart. Once Sonya's able to talk, we'll need to move." He smiled. "Sydney's turning into a battle mastermind." "Hey, she's not in charge here," I teased. "She's just a soldier." "Right." He lightly brushed his fingers against my cheek. "Sorry, Captain." "General," I corrected, catching my breath at that brief touch.

  Richelle Mead

  Sorry, Moving, Soldier

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1287, Penguin

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• Smart stupid. Stupid smart.

  Michael Grant

  Stupid

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• If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

  Madonna Ciccone

  Running, Running Away, Ifs

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• She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that quality with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.

  Laura Lippman

  Girl, Strong, Bullshit

  "By a Spider's Thread". Book by Laura Lippman, 2004.

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• He's one of those smart, drifty young people who, after certain deliberations, decides he wants to do Something in the Arts but won't, possibly can't, think in terms of an actual job; who seems to imagine that youth and brains and willingness will simply summon an occupation, the precise and perfect nature of which will reveal itself in its own time.

  Michael Cunningham

  Art, Jobs, Thinking

  Michael Cunningham (2010). “By Nightfall: A Novel”, p.12, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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• I'm sorry I never really believed," I said. "Not the way Jack did." "It doesn't make any difference," my mother replied. Her eyes focused on the beanstalk for a moment, then returned to mine. "You believe now. Be safe and smart up there, my Gen. Be yourself." Before I could answer, my mother turned away and walked quickly toward the house. I turned to face the beanstalk. There is no going back now, I thought. For better or worse, there was only going forward. There was only going up. Seizing the trunk of the beanstalk with both hands, I pushed off from the World Below and began to climb.

  Cameron Dokey

  Mother, Being Yourself, Sorry

  Cameron Dokey (2010). “The World Above”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart.

  John Green

  Mother, Worry, Phrases

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.21, Penguin

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• If this was The Lord of the Rings and I had a smart British voice like Cate Blanchett, I could tell you the background of the events of that fall in a really suspenseful way. And you’d be straining to hear the rest.

  Charlaine Harris

  Fall, Voice, Events

  Charlaine Harris (2008). “From Dead to Worse: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.7, Penguin

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• What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions--if they can get rich making dumb decisions? The incentives on Wall Street were all wrong; they're still all wrong.

  Michael Lewis

  Wall, Odds, People

  Michael Lewis (2015). “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)”, p.266, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.

  Matthew Quick

  Girl, Hurt, Fun

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• It's amazing how smart the body is. Though maybe we could do without loving. I think it's overrated, and I think it's too hard. You should only love your children; that is necessary, because otherwise you might kill them. But to love a man? It's overrated, and it's too hard and I will never, ever do it again.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Children, Men, Thinking

  Elizabeth Berg (2000). “Open House: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated

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• I'm too young, too smart and too good-looking to die.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Funny Life, Looking Good, Young

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick”, p.8, Macmillan

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• Oh, we are going to be so happy away from all the things that almost got us but couldn't quite because we were too smart for them!

  Zelda Fitzgerald

  Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.

  Cate Tiernan

  Stupid, Safe

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• As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning brain cells." "Studies show that Marijuana is better for your health than those cigarettes," Hank said. Alaska swallowed a mouthful of fries, took a drag on her cigarette, and blew a smoke at Hank. "I may die young," she said. "But at least I'll die smart. Now, back to tangents.

  John Green

  Marijuana, Cells, Alaska

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.46, Penguin

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• From the first, you enchanted me. You are more than beautiful. You are smart and strong and determined. When I'm with you. I want to be a better man. I want to be worthy of you. I want to provide for you I want to give you the life you deserve. One day, I will. Because I know, deep in my soul, that to part is to die. - Gideon to Scarlet (wedding vows)

  Gena Showalter

  Beautiful, Strong, Men

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