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• The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet.

  Robin Sloan

  New York, People, Dawn

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.53, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Macey was just starting to argue when Abby asked, "What can you tell me about the gunmen?" "They're amateurs," Hale said at the exact same time Macey told her teacher, "They're pros.

  Ally Carter

  Teacher, Abby, Arguing

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• I'm also starting to wonder something else. If maybe the point of this crazy quest I'm on wasn't to help me find Willem. Maybe it was to help me find someone else entirely.

  Gayle Forman

  Crazy, Quests, Helping

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.216, Penguin

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• Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Thinking, People, Starting Over

  Nicholas Sparks (2013). “Safe Haven”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

  Neil Strauss

  Acting, Band, Directing Movies

  Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.186, Canongate Books

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• It seems wrong and unfair that Christmas, with its stressful and unmanageable financial and emotional challenges, should first be forced upon one wholly against one's will, then rudely snatched away just when one is starting to get into it. Was really beginning to enjoy the feeling that normal service was suspended and it was OK to lie in bed as long as you want, put anything you fancy into your mouth, and drink alcohol whenever it should chance to pass your way, even in the mornings. Now suddenly we are all supposed to snap into self-discipline like lean teenage greyhounds.

  Helen Fielding

  Morning, Teenage, Lying

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.19, Pan Macmillan

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• I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not unreasonably. He had moved closer to Tessa as the conversation had continued. As they stood side by side, the backs of their hands brushed. "The Clave. The postman. Us. Anyone," said Will, shooting an irritated look at Gabriel, who was starting to get some color back and looked furious. "I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

  Cassandra Clare

  Taken, Hands, Color

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• Though she hated to stop kissing, Luce held Daniel's warm face in her hands. She gazed into his violet eyes, trying to draw strength. "I'm sorry," she said. "For running off like I did." "Don't be," he said,slowly and with absolute sincerity. "You had to go. It was preordained; it had to happen." He smiled again. "We did what we needed to do,Lucinda." A jet of warmth shot through her,making her dizzy. "I was starting to think I'd never see you again." "How many times have I told you that I will always find you?

  Lauren Kate

  Running, Sorry, Eye

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• That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward, you're devastated and their relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you.

  John Green

  People, Listening, Want

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.93, Penguin

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• At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder. At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war.

  William Goldman

  War, Two Nations, Alliances

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.83, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Gretchen shrugged. "After seeing how he acted when she almost died, I'm starting to get why she's with him." Then her voice hardened. "And really, Leila. That's twice now.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Voice, Hardened, Died

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• Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like this ... The real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness.

  Tsugumi Ohba

  Real, Thinking, People

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• It made her eyes fill up with tears, and she for a few more minutes starting it over, replaying it, watching his lips say the words: "We can be lonely together.

  Rachel Caine

  Lonely, Eye, Tears

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• When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.

  Steven Erikson

  Fire, Bridges, Behind You

  Steven Erikson (2009). “Memories of Ice: (Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)”, p.953, Random House

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• I’ve always been a dreamer, have always believed in the power of love and art and loud, life-affirming rock and roll, but, for the first time, I’m starting to have doubts. Can a dream even exist in reality? Or does it turn to stone the second it leaves your mind?

  Pete Wentz

  Dream, Art, Reality

  Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm starting with the man in the mirror

  Michael Jackson

  Men, Mirrors, Better Life

  Song: Man in the Mirror, Album: Immortal Megamix

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• I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting for a chance to change it

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Waiting, Chance

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.176, Penguin

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• What’s broken is broken—and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I live…I’m too old to believe in such sentimentalities as clean slates and starting all over.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Sad Love, Believe, Bad Relationship

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.675, Hamilton Books

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• Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and gaunt as he looked--might be more than he could handle.

  Rick Riordan

  Scary, Might, Jason

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.320, Penguin UK

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• Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz." She smirked. "A job, eh?" Making things in your forge?" "Nah, we could start our own shop," Leo said, surprising himself. Starting a machine shop had always been one of his dreams, but he'd never told anyone about it. "Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters.

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Jobs, Islands

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• It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to turn into a person. They run around saying no all day, throwing their aliveness at everything to see what it'll stick to. You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Running, Baby, Heart

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• A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting point for happiness and usefulness.

  Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

  Anniversary, Marriage, Wedding

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• The realization that life is absurdand cannot be an end, but only abeginning. This is a truth nearly allgreat minds have taken as their starting point.

  James Branch Cabell

  Life, Taken, Mind

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• The realization that life is absurd and cannot be an end, but only a beginning. This is a truth nearly all great minds have taken as their starting point. It is not this discovery that is interesting, but theconsequences and rules of action drawn from it.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Taken, Discovery

  Review of "Nausea" by Jean-Paul Sartre in "Alger Républicain", (p. 5), October 20, 1938.

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• Jazz is so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.

  Branford Marsalis

  Music, Jazz

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