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• Hey, thanks for stopping by," Howard said. "I'd offer you some tea and cookies, but all we have is boiled mole and artichokes. Plus, we kind of have a dead girl in the living room.

  Michael Grant

  Girl, Tea, Rooms

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• Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.

  Richelle Mead

  Nice, Europe, Rose

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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• Sway’s an idiot who didn’t order them when we used up the last bunch. (Vik) Isn’t that your job? (Devyn) No. I’m the sub-idiot. Sway’s head idiot because the company refuses to deal with mechas. Since I’m not organic, they think I can’t pay. (Vik) Thanks, Vik. (Devyn) Ever my pleasure to irritate you, sir. (Vik)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Jobs, Thinking, Order

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• I love you, man. You rule! Thanks for the food. It touches me deep in my tender place. (Sway) I don’t want to know nothing about your tender place, you freak. (Devyn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Love You, Men, Want

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Ice”, p.122, Macmillan

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• Someday, you will make an excellent guardian ba.” “Thanks,” I muttered. “Can’t wait to be poultry forever.

  Rick Riordan

  Waiting, Forever, Poultry

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The Kane Chronicles: The Complete Series”, p.262, Penguin UK

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• Thanks for everything.” “As you wish,” the captain said. If axes could frown, I’m sure he would have. “Stay sharp,” Carter told him.

  Rick Riordan

  Axes, Wish, Captains

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• Ewwww-eee-wwww. Hey Ash, you vant to suck my blud? (Fang) No, thanks. The last thing I want is to catch parvo from you, or some other freaky dog disease that makes me lift my leg around hydrants. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Ashes, Hey

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Embrace”, p.267, Macmillan

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• Here. (Zarek) What is it? (Astrid) Arsenic and vomit. (Zarek) Really? And yet you managed to hack that up so quietly. Who knew? Thanks. I’ve never had vomit before. I’m sure it’s extra special. (Astrid)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Special, Arsenic, Extras

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• He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.

  Voltaire

  Giving, Sage, Want

  Voltaire (1780). “The Works of Mr. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With Notes. By T. Francklin ... T. Smollett, M.D., and Others. A New Edition”, p.69

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• Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.

  Saint Augustine

  Feet, Giving, Tree

  Saint Augustine (1997). “The Confessions”, p.117

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• How is Eric?' 'Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.' 'Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.' 'Oh. Well ... great.' She hung up.

  Charlaine Harris

  House, Eric, Warning

  Charlaine Harris (2010). “Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.175, Penguin

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• Well your mom was right, in a way. What do you mean? He DID fall, right? So he wasn’t safe on the stool. Thanks, Annette. Thanks a lot. That’s exactly what I needed to hear right now. You’re a very inspiring person, you know that?

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Mom, Fall, Mean

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.

  Brian Weiss

  Spiritual, Rewards, Helping

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• Good practice, everyone," Rusty said at last. "Light on the actual learning, heavy on the emotional catharsis, and thanks to Jared I think I need a rabies shot, but them's the breaks.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Emotional, Thinking, Practice

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Untold”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed the power to do nothing whatever for us. Indeed, we should accept misfortune not only in thanks, but in infinite gratitude to Providence, which by such means detaches us from an excessive love for Earthly things and elevates our minds to the celestial and divine.

  Galileo Galilei

  Gratitude, Mean, Hands

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• Oh," she said, in a very different way. "Well. Thanks for my part in the compliment. Naturally I'd love to be watched and controlled, but I think I may be washing my hair that day.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Thinking, Hair, Different

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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• Stache’s attack was perfectly timed, thanks to his veteran-pirate grasp tactics—and a big piece if luck.

  Dave Barry

  Pirate, Luck, Pieces

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• Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?" Nora: "No, thanks." Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.

  Dashiell Hammett

  Sleep, Thinking, Helping

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• Claire signed. "Go ahead. And thanks. Oh, and be careful?" "Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of punk fabulousness."

  Rachel Caine

  Queens, Princess, Punk

  "Ghost Town". Book by Rachel Caine, October 26, 2010.

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• All the general fear I've been feeling condenses into an immediate fear of this girl, this predator who might kill me in seconds. Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods. I can hear the blade whistling toward me and reflexively hike the pack up to protect my head. The blade lodges in the pack. Both straps on my shoulders now, I make for the trees. Somehow I knew the girl will not pursue me. That she'll be drawn back into the Cornucopia before all the good stuff is gone. A grin crosses my face. Thanks for the knife, I think.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Running, Thinking

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• Here you go, dear."" The corners of Mrs. Colbert's mouth curled up. "You like meat, don't you?" Emily blinked. Was it her, or did that statement seem...loaded? She checked Issac for his reaction, but he was innocently selecting a roll from a wicker basket. "Uh, thanks." Emily said, pulling the platter toward her. She did like meat. The kind you, um, eat.

  Sara Shepard

  Meat, Mouths, Kind

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• After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to explain to me that giving thanks is not a common practice in India. 'Then how do you know if people appreciated what you did?' I'd asked. 'Do you really need to know?' my father had asked back.

  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  Gratitude, Kindness, Father

  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2007). “Queen of Dreams”, p.295, Anchor

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• Did you hear about the recently discovered temple in the Sudan ?" I stared at him. "Yeah. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic." Ol' Frankie's brows quirked. "You wield sarcasm, madam, as well as a master swordsman does." "Gee, thanks." I smiled at him and batted my lashes. Quit flirting . Patrick flicked the command into my head. He sounded half-annoyed, half-amused. I'm not flirting. Quit being cute and likeable. An impossible request. I've always been too adorable for words.

  Michele Bardsley

  Cute, Sarcasm, Flirting

  Michele Bardsley (2006). “I'm the Vampire, That's Why”, p.107, Penguin

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• The fact that I still want the best for the world is kind of amazing. People slandered me for years and years and years. I would say to them, "Thanks for having a closed mind".

  Rose McGowan

  People, Mind, World

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• Thanks for not freaking out," I said. "Oh, I'm freaking out," Paul promised, his eyes wide. "I just think it's awesome!

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Thinking, Said

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